Good God, did Apple do something right?

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Post #20,743

12/7/01 9:58:21 PM

Good God, did Apple do something right?

- By default, most network services are turned off.
- The default remote access method is SSH. (After you enable Remote Login in the Sharing Preferences, of course. By default, even this is turned off.)
- The root user is locked out by default. Sudo is used to do root-type stuff and even that is only accessible by administrative-level users.

Gee willikers, that's more security-minded than any Linux distribution I've used. (Yes, I know, there are "secure" Linux distributions. Bastille can harden a system to some degree. But RedHat and others should take this OSX approach; don't turn things on unless *specifically* asked to.)

Now if only Apple could get their collective head out of their ascii on hardware... sigh. Thank you Jobs for killing the clone market.

"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth

Post #20,751

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12/7/01 10:21:06 PM

You can't go wrong copying *BSD Unix

As the BSD Unix systems are some of the most secure Unix operating systems out there. If OSX is based on *BSD then it gains the *BSD security settings.

Besides it had to happen sooner or later. Sort of like throwing darts at a target, eventually one of them is bound to hit a bullseye.

Now can Apple learn from their past mistakes, or are they doomed to repeat those mistakes?

stopping 3 year old hackers - (boxley) - (26) - Dec. 6, 2001, 06:18:09 PM EST

Re: stopping 3 year old hackers - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 07:37:42 PM EST

>=6 <=8 non alphas present for most sys - (boxley) - Dec. 6, 2001, 08:15:09 PM EST

He heh heh, 3 year old cracker - (nking) - (2) - Dec. 6, 2001, 09:18:54 PM EST

No, fairly complex passwd I am sure it is a single mode key - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2001, 11:19:31 PM EST

Command + s on bootup = single user mode. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 6, 2001, 11:36:49 PM EST

Re: stopping 3 year old hackers - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:27:32 PM EST

powered off unplugged :) -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 7, 2001, 03:55:21 PM EST

There most certainly is a single user mode - (tuberculosis) - (18) - Dec. 7, 2001, 12:39:14 PM EST

Indeed - (tjsinclair) - (17) - Dec. 7, 2001, 01:48:32 PM EST

Thanks for review of OSX, Tom! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - Dec. 7, 2001, 04:53:39 PM EST

I got a bit carried away - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 7, 2001, 09:21:03 PM EST

hey I said in 1986 that if they wanted a useful OS (to me) - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2001, 09:42:34 PM EST

You're welcome - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 8, 2001, 12:05:47 AM EST

Good God, did Apple do something right? - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 7, 2001, 09:58:21 PM EST

You can't go wrong copying *BSD Unix - (nking) - Dec. 7, 2001, 10:21:06 PM EST

Stop it! - (static) - (10) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:46:42 PM EST

Umm me too.. by proxy at least. - (Ashton) - (9) - Dec. 17, 2001, 03:51:36 AM EST

well the imac comes pre-installed with office software - (boxley) - (8) - Dec. 18, 2001, 03:19:58 PM EST

Thanks, noted for ref. - (Ashton) - (7) - Dec. 18, 2001, 07:48:13 PM EST

Alternate Apple browsers on OS X - (tjsinclair) - (6) - Dec. 18, 2001, 08:45:29 PM EST

Yabut that's... - (Ashton) - (5) - Dec. 18, 2001, 10:03:16 PM EST

Actually, OS X is very newbie friendly.. - (tjsinclair) - (4) - Dec. 19, 2001, 12:53:20 AM EST

Many thanks for nifty intro - (Ashton) - (2) - Dec. 22, 2001, 10:06:23 PM EST

Backup/Restore - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 23, 2001, 11:57:24 AM EST

But there's Tosca: Ya want me? Over your dead body Scarpia! -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 23, 2001, 05:32:10 PM EST

LRPD sez:When someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES! -NT - (Ashton) - Dec. 22, 2001, 10:12:12 PM EST

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