Comments on: US Army adds MACs as security protection http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/ Hot info about new scene releases! Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:07:03 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aSShAT jONES http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-230075 aSShAT jONES Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:52:29 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-230075 I really like turtles. I really like turtles.

]]> By: reverbio http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-192907 reverbio Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:26:39 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-192907 Wow , The army are supposed to be a multitasking organisation , watch out for the cute colored spinning ball guys it could be a matter of life or death but hey whats half an hour or a reboot between enemies communication infrastructures > hell what do i know . Reeeeeespekt Wow , The army are supposed to be a multitasking organisation , watch out for the cute colored spinning ball guys it could be a matter of life or death but hey whats half an hour or a reboot between enemies communication infrastructures > hell what do i know . Reeeeeespekt

]]> By: Jaxter http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-191105 Jaxter Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:22:46 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-191105 I don't understand why the main marketing campaign of Apple has to be degradation of Microsoft. You don't see a Microsoft advert saying "Windows Vista - Plays more Games than OSX" . Does OSX suck so much that the only way to make their features seem better is to demean those of others? I don’t understand why the main marketing campaign of Apple has to be degradation of Microsoft. You don’t see a Microsoft advert saying “Windows Vista – Plays more Games than OSX” .
Does OSX suck so much that the only way to make their features seem better is to demean those of others?

]]> By: Neb http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-189145 Neb Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:33:35 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-189145 If only mac's were half as good as Steve Jobs' marketing skills ... If only mac’s were half as good as Steve Jobs’ marketing skills …

]]> By: A.Bundy http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-189053 A.Bundy Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:06:20 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-189053 cummon cobra, you sound like your a mac fanboi. the mac osx IS based on the Linux OS kernel. thats why its as secure. LOL! cummon cobra,

you sound like your a mac fanboi. the mac osx IS based on the Linux OS kernel. thats why its as secure. LOL!

]]> By: RU http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188973 RU Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:17:20 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188973 I've heard stats that there are millions of zombie machines out there in the world. Considering the number of exploits for Windows and how easy it is to infect a Windows machine I would bet that almost every one of them are Windows machines. Hell, the whole anti-virus and anti-spyware industry is based on the Windows platform. It's a cash cow because everyone knows they need protection software or else they're leaving themselves open to vulnerabilities in Windows. If you've used various Windows, Linux distros and the Mac OS's you'll have an interesting perspective on how much extra work there is involved to harden your system for each one. There is way more work involved with Windows. I’ve heard stats that there are millions of zombie machines out there in the world. Considering the number of exploits for Windows and how easy it is to infect a Windows machine I would bet that almost every one of them are Windows machines. Hell, the whole anti-virus and anti-spyware industry is based on the Windows platform. It’s a cash cow because everyone knows they need protection software or else they’re leaving themselves open to vulnerabilities in Windows. If you’ve used various Windows, Linux distros and the Mac OS’s you’ll have an interesting perspective on how much extra work there is involved to harden your system for each one. There is way more work involved with Windows.

]]> By: Ron http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188608 Ron Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:22:21 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188608 My comment above is mostly a quote from http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/18/170241 Since it takes 10 seconds to find out how fake that article is, how about checking on google before posting news on the site? My comment above is mostly a quote from
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/18/170241

Since it takes 10 seconds to find out how fake that article is, how about checking on google before posting news on the site?

]]> By: Ron http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188606 Ron Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:19:33 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188606 @32: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=758 The ones listed as OS X vulnerabilities are primarily holes in software that runs on OS X, much of which does not even ship with OS X by default. If you read some of the OS X vulnerabilities, you'll see that they're often in non-Apple software, such as CVE-2007-5476 (Highly Critical) which describes a "vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.47.0 and earlier, when running on Opera before 9.24 on Mac OS X". The Microsoft vulnerabilities tend to be referring only to the Microsoft software. Some of them are NOT EVEN VULNERABILITIES... like CVE-2007-3876 which is a number reserved for use by an organization for the next time they report a vulnerability, but they haven't assigned it to anything yet. I mean did the author even click on the links he's providing? I tried, I was more than twenty items into the list of "highly critical OS X vulnerabilities" before I found one that actually affected a default install of OS X, and it was a potential denial of service for SSL Web sites if you have a machine in the middle. Of the first 30, 12 were reserved for future use and not real vulnerabilities, 7 were holes in the same Perl library, and 5 were holes in tcpdump. Only one was a real, hole that could be exploited on a default install without additional software being added, or it being reconfigured as Web server or something. ==== "I love my Macs, but in terms of security, they’re behind the curve, compared to Windows" Windows more secure than FreeBSD. Funny, it shows. Window viruses: 100k, FreeBSD viruses: 0. Must be that hackers don't know FreeBSD, sure. @32: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=758

The ones listed as OS X vulnerabilities are primarily holes in software that runs on OS X, much of which does not even ship with OS X by default.

If you read some of the OS X vulnerabilities, you’ll see that they’re often in non-Apple software, such as CVE-2007-5476 (Highly Critical) which describes a “vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.47.0 and earlier, when running on Opera before 9.24 on Mac OS X”. The Microsoft vulnerabilities tend to be referring only to the Microsoft software.

Some of them are NOT EVEN VULNERABILITIES… like CVE-2007-3876 which is a number reserved for use by an organization for the next time they report a vulnerability, but they haven’t assigned it to anything yet.

I mean did the author even click on the links he’s providing? I tried, I was more than twenty items into the list of “highly critical OS X vulnerabilities” before I found one that actually affected a default install of OS X, and it was a potential denial of service for SSL Web sites if you have a machine in the middle. Of the first 30, 12 were reserved for future use and not real vulnerabilities, 7 were holes in the same Perl library, and 5 were holes in tcpdump. Only one was a real, hole that could be exploited on a default install without additional software being added, or it being reconfigured as Web server or something.

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“I love my Macs, but in terms of security, they’re behind the curve, compared to Windows”

Windows more secure than FreeBSD. Funny, it shows. Window viruses: 100k, FreeBSD viruses: 0. Must be that hackers don’t know FreeBSD, sure.

]]> By: anon http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188577 anon Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188577 Quote - He said attackers will just target whichever platform is weaker, which might just be the Macs that are supposedly more secure. Now thats not true. Haha. Attackers will just target whichever platform is more popular. If Macs are in homes as much as PCs are and if people use OSX as main preference... Then people will start focusing on hacking Macs instead of finding flaws in Windows. Any thing man made is breakable by man. Just depends on how hard you look, and how much time you are willing to put into looking for the hax. If there is more people using Macs then eventually if Macs become more popular than windows.... then Macs will become more and more vulnerable. Haha Mac users should start swearing at Miller who made this decision... since he is promoting the use of Macs. Since if macs get more popular then more people will hack. Which means you should start swearing at Miller cuz more hacks will arise! If you dont want to see hacks then deal with things in a manner similar to Fight club, dont speak about it! keep things that are good to yourself and only yourself. Quote – He said attackers will just target whichever platform is weaker, which might just be the Macs that are supposedly more secure.

Now thats not true. Haha. Attackers will just target whichever platform is more popular. If Macs are in homes as much as PCs are and if people use OSX as main preference… Then people will start focusing on hacking Macs instead of finding flaws in Windows.

Any thing man made is breakable by man. Just depends on how hard you look, and how much time you are willing to put into looking for the hax. If there is more people using Macs then eventually if Macs become more popular than windows…. then Macs will become more and more vulnerable.

Haha Mac users should start swearing at Miller who made this decision… since he is promoting the use of Macs. Since if macs get more popular then more people will hack. Which means you should start swearing at Miller cuz more hacks will arise!

If you dont want to see hacks then deal with things in a manner similar to Fight club, dont speak about it! keep things that are good to yourself and only yourself.

]]> By: barcham http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188531 barcham Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:14:40 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188531 Macs are everywhere in movies because Apple pays for them to be there. That is the only reason. As far as security is concerned, if a hacker really wants in to a computer network he will get in to it. It really doesn't matter what OS you are running. People have been hacking into computers long before either Windows or Mac systems existed. And they will be hacking into them no matter what future OS anyone comes up with. Macs are everywhere in movies because Apple pays for them to be there. That is the only reason. As far as security is concerned, if a hacker really wants in to a computer network he will get in to it. It really doesn’t matter what OS you are running. People have been hacking into computers long before either Windows or Mac systems existed. And they will be hacking into them no matter what future OS anyone comes up with.

]]> By: CrazyCat http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188429 CrazyCat Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:43:33 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188429 Average flaws per month: XP: 2.83 Vista: 1.67 Mac OS X: 20.25 http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=758 Average flaws per month:
XP: 2.83
Vista: 1.67
Mac OS X: 20.25

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=758

]]> By: Rekrul http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188356 Rekrul Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:54:12 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188356 I'm really surprised that with the amount of money the US government wastes on stupid stuff ($2,000 toilet seat anyone?) that they haven't hired someone to write a custom OS for them. Not only could it be customized to do exactly what they need, it would almost certainly be classified, so hackers would have nothing to study in order to learn of security flaws. I’m really surprised that with the amount of money the US government wastes on stupid stuff ($2,000 toilet seat anyone?) that they haven’t hired someone to write a custom OS for them. Not only could it be customized to do exactly what they need, it would almost certainly be classified, so hackers would have nothing to study in order to learn of security flaws.

]]> By: HaZMaTiK http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188054 HaZMaTiK Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:20:07 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188054 just to be a little picky, in "I Am Legend" It wasn't an iMac but in stead just a 23" HD display hooked up to 6 re-dudent drives plus a Mac Pro if you look at it on the counter-top there is 1-2 of them. also the Mac Book Pro. but yea everywhere I look they are in movies or commercials. I guess because of the sleek look of them. just to be a little picky, in “I Am Legend” It wasn’t an iMac but in stead just a 23″ HD display hooked up to 6 re-dudent drives plus a Mac Pro if you look at it on the counter-top there is 1-2 of them. also the Mac Book Pro. but yea everywhere I look they are in movies or commercials. I guess because of the sleek look of them.

]]> By: V http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188045 V Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:10:25 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188045 I agree with #11 I thought this was related to MAC, and not to Apple Mac computers. .- I agree with #11

I thought this was related to MAC, and not to Apple Mac computers.

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]]> By: Mr. X http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-188038 Mr. X Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:51:04 +0000 http://www.rlslog.net/us-army-adds-macs-as-security-protection/#comment-188038 use freebsd you idiots ! use freebsd you idiots !

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