Mac OSX - Safer than Windows ? — OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote][b]mas said:[/b] i doubt that there is much you can do DARN EASILY on a vista machine with local access only.[/quote] Don't know... I would consider putting a livecd (et al.) in, mounting the FS and doing anything I pleased with the data pretty easy. But obviously I wouldn't consider this a crack/hack. Any OS is only as secure as the sysadmin makes it. You'll notice, if you check, that the cracker culture goes back a long way, and Unix systems are still the prize, because they are typically more secure. The bottom line is that your average Unix sysadmin is going to be better than your average Windows or Mac OS (desktop) sysadmin, and the software immediately available to him is going to help him more. In the case of the average desktop computer (regardless of OS), the "sysadmin" (whoever setup the box) is an ignoramus compared to your average cracker; and few OS's default setups are even remotely secure. Loading...
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