[2102] in WWW Security List Archive
Re:Macintosh Web Server Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Winkler Vic)
Wed May 15 14:09:38 1996
Date: 15 May 1996 11:58:24 U
From: "Winkler Vic" <winkler_vic@po.gis.prc.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Mon, 13 May 1996, David Ray wrote:
> Macintosh is inherently more secure than Unix or DOS based systems because
> there is no Unix shell or DOS prompt to execute commands from. The only
> vulnerabilities that I can think of are:
>
>
> Other than that, Macs are vurtually bulletproof.
A dangerous fallacy.
It it were even half true, then many of your readers would be
employed in areas other than security.
Consider the fact that the Mac (vanilla OS/HW) -- despite it's capabilities as
the quintessential desktop platform -- has never been seriously considered for a
substantial security/trust rating by any organization qualified to do so.
By the way, just curious here, really, but: what is your Mac Server's IP
address?
-ww
