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PWN to OWN at CanSecWest Mar 29 2007 12:45AM mfossi securityfocus com (1 replies) RE: PWN to OWN at CanSecWest Mar 29 2007 12:02PM Don Rhodes (drhodes mail colgate edu) (1 replies) Re: PWN to OWN at CanSecWest Mar 29 2007 04:31PM Dave Schroeder (das doit wisc edu) (2 replies) |
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> > goes on. Certainly there could be a vulnerability in a service that
> > ships with Mac OS X. Personally, I have my eye on Bonjour, especially
> > since mDNSResponder runs as root...
>
> and disabling the cursed thing is not especially easy and impossible
> for the typical home user. If I want to be lazy and "discover local
> printers" I'd prefer to click on such a button that enables the service
> for 10 minutes and then shuts the &#(@ing thing down.
>
> I find it exceedingly annoying that some capabilities have to be killed
> thru hand mangling of .xml files, or editing system config files or
> using the control panel. If you're going to have a GUI to control
> services, then by gosh that GUI had better handle EVERY service! It's
> OK to have an "expert" button that deals with the more essoteric stuff,
> lest the lusers have to expend too many brain cells.
>
'launchctl' can be used to control mDNSResponder in Tiger.
Its not the easiest, but it is better than "hand mangling of .xml files"
and such.
I like the idea of an 'expert' or 'advanced' button that would
provide controls for things like mDNSResponder.
-eric
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