Security of MacOS 10 under Free BSD

[se at panix.com (Scott Ehrlich)]

Hi Brian et al:

You are likely going to get a pile of responses, so I'll add mine to the
list :)

As with any OS, you should ALWAYS check the network services actually
running, and disable as many as possible without breaking anything else.

The Mac has been very solid up to OS X because of its non network
service-oriented design.  Now, as you know, with OS X, BSD, a branch of
UNIX, provides services.

If said services are written securely enough, vulnerabilities should be
minimal.  And, if ones you don't need are disabled, it should be even more
secure.

One way I like to check is run a port-scanner (like NMAP) against a
machine to see what is visible that I may not have seen or noticed before.
I'm also starting to teach myself about SNMP to learn more about
vulnerabilities from that end, too.

Good luck!

Scott

On Sun, 6 May 2001, Brian Bay wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I have always felt comfortable with MacOS security and I guess I
> shouldn't be overly concerned with MacOS 10 but I saw a comment
> from a guy in one of MediaOne's news groups that Linux is less
> secure than Windows (running and ducking but I guess "it depends"
> on the operator) as he does appearently uses linux and I wonder
> what I could do to make it more secure being on a broadband
> connection or need I be worried? I should have addressed this at
> Bmac but it was so warm in that small room and unfortunately
> wasn't able to go to MacWoburn last month.
>
> Thank you to anyone who can offer any assistance.
>
>                                   --Cheers,
>                                     Brian
>
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