Re:Pwn2Own winner says Macs are more safe, though less secure
by tptacek on Friday March 27, 2009 @10:55PM
(#536114)
What part of the Mac is analogous to the shiny security system? It's Win32 that has all the sensors and alarm circuits these days.
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Re:Pwn2Own winner says Macs are more safe, though less secure
by Zev on Friday March 27, 2009 @11:19PM
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Shiny, from the users perspective. Security-wise, I thought that OS X came with its firewall (which is really just ipfw) enabled.
Googling just now corrected me, so I deleted my comment as it was inaccurate and a poor analogy. Sorry about that.