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One of the nastiest things in slowaris & linux is SunRPC - That was the
hole exploited by the widely publicized "Barbed Wire" DDOS attacks in
February, when eBay, ZDNet, eTrade, and other high profile Web sites were
whacked by "zombies" planted on (mostly) linux boxes...
Does OS-X have RPC (Remote Procedure Call) capability?
Cheers!
Dan
PS to NASCAR fans: Kenny Irwin Jr. was fatally injured at New Hampshire in
practice...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Johnson
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:50 PM
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: Re: [WinMac] OS X vs Win2000?
>
>
> Kevin Brunson wrote:
> >
>
> > QUESTION: Does the UNIXness of OS 10 expose a Mac server to attacks?
> >
>
> Yes, it does. Whether it's exposed like NetBSD (not very much) or say
> RedHat or Solaris(quite a bit) depends entirely on what services are
> enabled on a default install.
>
> I really hope that Apple does it right and ships OS X tight, rathether
> than, say RedHat's 'Lets open up _everything!!!_' attitude.
>
> Of course the 'less is more' security mantra applies to OSX more than
> OS9. Don't enable any services you don't use...if you need to use 'em,
> turn 'em on, the turn 'em back off when you're done.
>
> Practical Unix and Internet Security, 2nd Ed. by Garfinkel and Spafford
> is the bible of the subject, IMO.
>
> It's an O'Reilly book...I bet they get a Mac OSX book out as soon as the
> beta ships. That should cover security.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
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