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Mac OS X security under scrutiny
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-11-29

When the SANS Institute, a computer-security training organization, released its Top-20 vulnerabilities last week, the rankings continued an annual ritual aimed at highlighting the worst flaws for network administrators. This year, the list had something different, however: The group flagged the collective vulnerabilities in Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system as a major threat.

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Re: Mac OS X security under scrutiny 2005-11-30
Matthew Murphy
The exploit posted in response to your comment is one of *SCORES* of remote exploits (most of them roots), not to mention the fact that OS X local security is non-existant.

The reason SANS labelled OS X as a security threat is because of people like you who say "I don't have to patch my OS, becau...

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