> Also, even if I run servers/services that DO interact with the
> internet... I am far less likely to be hacked simply by virtue of there
> is almost no one trying to hack the Mac servers. That isn't true with
> Windows and Unix where any 13yr old script kiddie can get tools to make
> attempts.
Abso-fricken-lutely. I will always have a PPC machine as a firewall simply
because most buffer overflow hacks and shellcode kits don't work on them.
Alas, I run Unix, making them a bit bigger of a target, but Linux-on-Intel is
probably the second largest target after Windows of any variation from what
I've seen.
However, security through obscurity should never be considered optimal. :-/
> Much like Mac users being "immune" to viruses. We are FAR from immune...
> we just don't really see them because no one is interested in trying.
Unfortunately, as Microsoft products make an inroad in the Macintosh market,
this will eventually change. I see Mac owners running Outlook *without* a
virus checker, and I just cringe and hug Elm tightly.
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Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 20:49:56 BST