[Hidden-tech] Security: Mac vs. Windows is no longer an argument

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On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu>  
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> Tom Adams- Reelife Productions wrote:
>> hah... now why would you go and pry the lid off that can of worms:)??
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>> On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:04 AM, "Edbride-PR" <Ed at edbride-pr.com <mailto:Ed at edbride-pr.com 
>> >> wrote:
>>> The list has been quiet lately on the subject of malware  
>>> vulnerability and the supposed superiority of Mac over Windows.  
>>> The story excerpted below, from InformationWeek (Dec. 2), should  
>>> put the argument to rest, albeit in a "no winner" fashion:
>>>    <<..Apple has always boasted <http://www.apple.com/getamac/whymac/ 
>>> > that "Mac OS <http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=OS&x=&y= 
>>> > X isn't plagued by constant attacks from viruses and malware"  
>>> because its operating system <http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=operating%20system&x=&y= 
>>> > was "designed with security in mind."
>>>    But about two weeks ago, Apple updated <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2550 
>>> > an old note on its support Web site <http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=Web%20site&x=&y= 
>>> > advising its customers to use more than one antivirus <http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=antivirus&x=&y= 
>>> > application to make their computers more secure, affirming a  
>>> longstanding divergence between its marketing and its technical  
>>> concerns. ..>>
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> Oh, come on. It's not a can of worms. It's a religious war. ;-)
>
> The latest on that page is that it was over a year old and got  
> removed because of all the commotion (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/12/03/apples-virus-support-page-disappears-over-misunderstanding 
> ). So, one could interpret it as someone (a typically paranoid  
> security specialist maybe) put the document up, Steve heard the  
> commotion and ordered it taken down.
>
> As someone who focuses on IT security, there is almost no such thing  
> as too much paranoia. Take a system you think is secure and put it  
> on a private address behind a firewall, just because. Log all  
> access, audit it regularly, and limit access to only known . . . .   
> well, you may begin to get the idea. I typically spend several days  
> locking down a new Sun server running Solaris (Unix System V  
> variant). If anyone is interested in this sort of thing, for most  
> major platforms, see http://www.nsa.gov/snac/
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