Re: Apple vs. MS - more secure?

From: Ash (ashcrow@phreaker.net)
Date: 03/30/02 

Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 00:36:47 -0500
From: Ash <ashcrow@phreaker.net>
To: Justin Kremer <jkremer@wi.rr.com>

IMHO I would say OS X is more secure by default. While both can be beat
into submission (and it does take some beating and patches for XP :-D)
Apple has done a pretty good job. The whole idea of taking a open
base/kernel and build on top of it helps add a little more security
because of the many eyes idea. And if you want to you can install gcc
and compile some of the general Unix/Linux tools for security and
security checking.

I must point out I think that OpenBSD is the most secure out of the box.

Justin Kremer wrote:

>Just curious what you all think about the new Mac OS X. Which is more
>secure out-of-box; Windows XP or Mac OS X?
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>-Justin
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