RE: Apple pentesting

From: Todd Towles (toddtowles_at_brookshires.com)
Date: 04/05/05

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    Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:47:55 -0500
To: "Julian Totzek" <julian.totzek@bristol.de>, <pen-test@securityfocus.com>

    Nessus does work against Macs, the problem with testing Macs is they
    never released vulnerability statements..never. If a hole is found,
    Apple releases a patch and no ones says anything. If Microsoft did
    this..everyone would go crazy.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Julian Totzek [mailto:julian.totzek@bristol.de]
    > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:51 AM
    > To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Apple pentesting
    >
    > Hi Guys,
    >
    > I have to do a pentest in a environment where mac's should be
    > located. Never tested MacOS somebody have some tips for me?
    > They normally should only be clients no servers.
    > Do you know of special tools to test them, or is it possible
    > to test them with progs like nesuss?
    >
    > Cheers
    > Julian
    >
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