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Re: Mac OS X hacked in under 30 minutes



it should be pointed out that the person running the mac was handing out
ssh accounts and that so far there have been no real details as to what
local exploit was used (or even if the person running the mac had things
set up properly at all)




Kyle Pointer wrote:
> No one said OS X was prefect. :-s
> [ except for apple ]
> But really, that 30 minutes is a lot longer than the 6-8 minutes it
> takes windows to get a worm once it connects to the internet. ;-)
>
> Another thing though.. other unixes have security findings all the
> time. What makes it such a big deal when someone hacks a Mac?
>
> I've never had problems with my Mac. :-)
>
> -- kyle
>
> On Mar 6, 2006, at 5:39 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
>
>> Maybe Apple should get their house in order?
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6046197.html?tag=nl.e589
>>
>> BTW - There now is an AVG for Linux:
>>
>> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/100/lng/us/tpl/v5
>>
>> Haven't tried it yet - has anyone else?
>>
>>     Lee
>>
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