Re: Is Windows 98 SE More Secure Than OS X?


"Derek Currie" <derekcurrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <FEEhg.47071$Lm5.6530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"John Slade" <hhitman86@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Now this post was made to show the Mac zealots and everyone else that
no
computer is 100% secure.

John, there is something useful about informing everyone that no
computer is 100% secure. But first they have to have heard from
somewhere, anywhere, that a 100% secure computer supposedly exists!

So where have you ever read any 'Mac zealot' or anyone else say that
there is such a thing as a 100% secure computer? Has anyone ever claimed
this about the Macintosh? If so, then WHO?

Wegie is the most recent. He claimed a Mac can't be compromised, it's
impossible. Have you ever heard the expression, "You can't hack a Mac?" I
have. There was even a bogus challenge. In this challenge a Mac was actually
hacked but they would disconnect whenever it happened. They had a person
monitoring the computer 24/7 for hackers that were successful. Here is a
funny story.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1591017/posts

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Mac_OS_X_hacked_in_less_than_30_minutes/0,2000061744,39241748,00.htm

Here's a funny respons to the fact that an out of the box Tiger install
was hacked in 30 minutes.

http://www.infurious.com/blogs/index.php/mj/2006/03/07/rm_my_mac_what_zdnet_didn_t_say



I don't think that one OS is just plain secure. The
user has to make that system secure. Some OSes make it easier than others
and others benefit from obscurity.

Obscurity? That old yarn? I have a post I am putting up today just for
you. It blasts the 'Mac has no malware because its obscure' MYTH right
out of the water.

Again, you have been caught MYTH MONGERING. Typical troll move.

I showed you the most recent person. And we all know about the "You
can't hack a Mac" myth that many a Mac zealot pushed until we found out how
they stopped the hackers who got in.

I tell you what. If you're up to the challenge. Get a Mac and install OS
X Tiger out of the box, don't do anything to it and put it on a static IP.
Then issue a challenge to try and hack it. See if anyone gets in.

John



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