Comments on: Feel Safe? http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Steev http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77210 Steev Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:44:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77210 Crosspatch- The processor argument is flawed. It's the OS not the processor that sets the security. Anyway- Nobody is claiming OS-X is invulnerable. But the fact remains, it's still a much safer OS than windows or Vista. Here's a good article on this subject- http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/03/28/cansecwest-and-swiss-federal-institute-of-tech-deliver-attacks-on-the-reality-of-mac-security/#more-1670 "It is an uncontroversial fact that Windows PCs suffer under the threat of tens of thousands of real world viruses, are routinely infected by malware and often unwittingly participate in spam and adware botnets, while Mac systems have no viruses, and no significant real world malware, spyware or botnet problems." Crosspatch-
The processor argument is flawed. It’s the OS not the processor that sets the security.

Anyway-
Nobody is claiming OS-X is invulnerable. But the fact remains, it’s still a much safer OS than windows or Vista.

Here’s a good article on this subject-
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/03/28/cansecwest-and-swiss-federal-institute-of-tech-deliver-attacks-on-the-reality-of-mac-security/#more-1670

“It is an uncontroversial fact that Windows PCs suffer under the threat of tens of thousands of real world viruses, are routinely infected by malware and often unwittingly participate in spam and adware botnets, while Mac systems have no viruses, and no significant real world malware, spyware or botnet problems.”

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77209 Gaius Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:43:34 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77209 <p>Bill, it's a WYSIWYG editor - it doesn't take html code at all. If you want to paragraph break, just do a return. </p> <p>like this.</p> <p>or this. <p> (i inserted a html paragraph code just before I typed this part.)</p> <p> </p> Bill, it’s a WYSIWYG editor – it doesn’t take html code at all. If you want to paragraph break, just do a return.

like this.

or this. <p> (i inserted a html paragraph code just before I typed this part.)

 

]]> By: sam http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77207 sam Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:44:55 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77207 I got a laugh when I read about the Apple hack, but it was a fatalistic laugh.  I run XP and Firefox at home, so I'm probably even more hosed than the Mac folks are. I got a laugh when I read about the Apple hack, but it was a fatalistic laugh.  I run XP and Firefox at home, so I’m probably even more hosed than the Mac folks are.

]]> By: martian http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77204 martian Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:59:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77204 Anything one man can devise, another man, somewhere, can hack. This is a simple truth. Nothing is 100% secure unless it has <strong>no connections</strong> - not with a network of any kind, not with the internet. Only complete isolation will ever make a computer completely safe - until someone breaks into the room where it sits and hacks it manually. Anything one man can devise, another man, somewhere, can hack. This is a simple truth. Nothing is 100% secure unless it has no connections – not with a network of any kind, not with the internet. Only complete isolation will ever make a computer completely safe – until someone breaks into the room where it sits and hacks it manually.

]]> By: crosspatch http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77201 crosspatch Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:56:34 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77201 Apples were more secure until they switched to the same Intel processor that Windows machines use.   Not many hackers wanted to learn machine language programming in a different processor.   It was the alternative microprocessor that gave Apple it's security. Apples were more secure until they switched to the same Intel processor that Windows machines use.   Not many hackers wanted to learn machine language programming in a different processor.   It was the alternative microprocessor that gave Apple it’s security.

]]> By: No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » The Morning Scramble - 3/28/2008 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77197 No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » The Morning Scramble - 3/28/2008 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:06:47 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77197 [...] Apple’s less-than-customer-friendly return policy. - Holes in Apple’s armor, part 2 - Gaius reports it took a skilled Apple hacker all of 2 minutes of phishing to crush the Mac’s vaunted [...] [...] Apple’s less-than-customer-friendly return policy. – Holes in Apple’s armor, part 2 – Gaius reports it took a skilled Apple hacker all of 2 minutes of phishing to crush the Mac’s vaunted [...]

]]> By: bill-tb http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77194 bill-tb Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:19:51 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77194 I wonder why your WP does not recognize paragraph breaks ... odd. Sorry for the big mess.Here is a new line, see what happens. I wonder why your WP does not recognize paragraph breaks … odd. Sorry for the big mess.Here is a new line, see what happens.

]]> By: bill-tb http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-77192 bill-tb Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:55:47 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/03/27/feel-safe/#comment-77192 UNIX/Linux requires you grant permissions to execute a program, any program. When you set up the user space, you can further restrict those execute permissions. Like with global warming, ignorance of the user is the key to exploitation..When I set up a computer for just a user, that users execute permissions are limited to user space, so no system functions are exposed to that user. There is Security Enhanced Linux that will further restrict user operations with mandatory access controls.I usually have multiple accounts on the same machine, one with a user restricted, and the other for system maintenance with less restrictions. I then switch back and forth. Most Linux systems have a 'fast user switch' mechanism, but I doubt many use it.All of my systems have secure passwords, another secret to security, proper passwords.You can also set user programs to run in "security walled gardens" with programs like AppArmor. AppArmor represents one of several possible approaches to the problem of restricting the actions that installed software can take. I use AppArmor for Firefox and Thunderbird to restrict these programs so even if I go to a web page or get an email with buried security compromises, they cannot execute.Part if the problem is manufacturers don't want to burden users with Security, so they ship the OS with most of the security features disabled. Apple does this for the most part -- But no reason they can't lock the system down.UNIX-BSD generally has the best security features ... The differences are small, but important. But I do agree, we are so screwed here. UNIX/Linux requires you grant permissions to execute a program, any program. When you set up the user space, you can further restrict those execute permissions. Like with global warming, ignorance of the user is the key to exploitation..When I set up a computer for just a user, that users execute permissions are limited to user space, so no system functions are exposed to that user. There is Security Enhanced Linux that will further restrict user operations with mandatory access controls.I usually have multiple accounts on the same machine, one with a user restricted, and the other for system maintenance with less restrictions. I then switch back and forth. Most Linux systems have a ‘fast user switch’ mechanism, but I doubt many use it.All of my systems have secure passwords, another secret to security, proper passwords.You can also set user programs to run in "security walled gardens" with programs like AppArmor. AppArmor represents one of several possible approaches to the problem of restricting the actions that installed software can take. I use AppArmor for Firefox and Thunderbird to restrict these programs so even if I go to a web page or get an email with buried security compromises, they cannot execute.Part if the problem is manufacturers don’t want to burden users with Security, so they ship the OS with most of the security features disabled. Apple does this for the most part — But no reason they can’t lock the system down.UNIX-BSD generally has the best security features … The differences are small, but important. But I do agree, we are so screwed here.

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