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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Hi, I would like to ask are we at high risk if we enter a chat room like the irc using OS X or 9?
If we it is possible to attack the computer, what can we do to prevent?
And so, which will be the best OS for security?
Mac OS or the Linux?
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Mac OS 9 would be best for security, as it's actually pretty lame. You can't log in remotely and do anything.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: I sent hundreds of followers to their deaths. Then I cut and ran. Now I'm livin' large somewhere in Najaf.
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Originally posted by Freeman:
Hi, I would like to ask are we at high risk if we enter a chat room like the irc using OS X or 9?
If we it is possible to attack the computer, what can we do to prevent?
And so, which will be the best OS for security?
Mac OS or the Linux?
if you're an average user, os x is more secure. If you know what you're doing, they can be equally secure.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Well depends on what program your using, what kind of user you are and stuff like that, For example, using console based chat clients is great, i dont think there are any huge security issues if your behind a firewall, your chat gets out, but nothing can get in unless you allow it.
I can't even send DCC requests or accept half the ones i get because the firewall interferes. Running programs as root, well running any program as root can open potential security holes but if i remember reading correctly, some network tools run as root can be quite dangerous, there is even a Caveat somewhere on the BitchX page I believe not to run the program as root.
As for whats more Secure, OS X or Linux, both of them can be equally secure, or equally insecure depending on what program your running. Both of them have basically the same underpinnings, OS X's are a tad more developed (in some cases... ) being based on BSD 4.4 which in itself is rock solid
OS 9 was very secure, mostly cuz it couldn't actually *do* anything... the more frills you have in the OS the less secure it gets, however if it's done right the security can actually be greater, indeed in a lot of ways OS X is more secure, than OS 9 despite OS 9's lack of ability to do, well, anything at all, really...
- Telusman
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