Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox
From: Shoshannah Forbes (xslf_at_xslf.com)
Date: 11/21/04
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To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:51:39 +0200
joe wrote:
> Anyway, the base cause is a simple one, Windows is consumer based and *nix
> wasn't and really still isn't. Look at the market penetrations. *nix tends
> to have people already knowledgeable with its workings or people who WANT to
> learn the details using it,
Well, Mac OSX is a fully consumer *nix. Can you say that Mac users tend
to be " already knowledgeable with its workings or people who WANT to
learn the details using it"?
I am not so sure about it.
BTW, on Mac OSX, by default the root account is *disabled*. All
administrative tasks are done with 'su/sudo'.
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