Comments on: Anti-Virus for Mac OS X? http://www.barkingseal.com/2009/04/anti-virus-for-mac-os-x/ Applied Trust off-leash: IT infrastructure, security, and performance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David Lovering http://www.barkingseal.com/2009/04/anti-virus-for-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-66 David Lovering Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:48:27 +0000 http://www.barkingseal.com/?p=812#comment-66 It should be noted that the very first exploit on record (at least in the circles I run with) was against the "fingerd" daemon - an entity which typically existed only on UNIX platforms. Similarly, the Kevin Mitnick worm (the first to propagate by means of undirected action) was targeted at UNIX mail relays. About the only thing UNIX has going for it versus Windows, MacOS or whatever is experience - those that use it have been burned so many times the accumulated scar tissue is starting to look a lot like body armor. Windows too has been burned (a lot!) but the pain hasn't propagated far enough up the corporate brain-stem to influence the corporate behavior vis-a-vis a "security first" directive. MacOS is somewhere in-between, and at least benefits from the Berkeley-Kernel UNIX at its core. It should be noted that the very first exploit on record (at least in the circles I run with) was against the “fingerd” daemon – an entity which typically existed only on UNIX platforms.

Similarly, the Kevin Mitnick worm (the first to propagate by means of undirected action) was targeted at UNIX mail relays.

About the only thing UNIX has going for it versus Windows, MacOS or whatever is experience – those that use it have been burned so many times the accumulated scar tissue is starting to look a lot like body armor. Windows too has been burned (a lot!) but the pain hasn’t propagated far enough up the corporate brain-stem to influence the corporate behavior vis-a-vis a “security first” directive.

MacOS is somewhere in-between, and at least benefits from the Berkeley-Kernel UNIX at its core.

]]> By: ned http://www.barkingseal.com/2009/04/anti-virus-for-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-58 ned Wed, 13 May 2009 01:30:01 +0000 http://www.barkingseal.com/?p=812#comment-58 Randy, You called it! http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10234535-83.html Just more stuff to license... *awesome*. n. Randy,

You called it!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10234535-83.html

Just more stuff to license… *awesome*.

n.

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