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Fake Your Own .Mac Server

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the isn't-that-useful dept.

c13v3rm0nk3y writes "A clever fellow named Otto Moerbeek has publish a short article on getting an OpenBSD box to emulate a .Mac server. Using Apache/DAV/SSL and a roll a duct-tape, he describes how you can get most .Mac functionality without paying Apple for it." This is useful because then you can use apple's backup tools to backup to a local server, and not have to backup over your piddly internet connection.

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  1. Another trick: Using iSync without .Mac by Ford+Fulkerson · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jeremy Beker has more informations about using iSync to syncronize calenders, addresses, etc. without using .Mac

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  2. Just in case... by RudeDude · · Score: 5, Informative
    A mirror of it.

    Provided by Mr HOSTBOT

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  3. .Mac's security is bad by slamb · · Score: 5, Informative
    I saw this in the article:

    A self signed certificate will do, since Backup does not check the certificate.

    That's really bad. It means that anyone can launch a man-in-the-middle attack against someone using .Mac for backup purposes. I'm sure people are using .Mac to backup their Quicken financial data and other things they'd consider sensitive.

    I hope Apple fixes that...I'd be pretty pissed if I were a .mac user.

  4. Re:Irresponsible? by Samosmatiker · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the author's main page:
    Is this illegal? As far as I know, it is not. I am not changing Backup, I am only changing the environment in which it runs. I am not trying to hack the iDisk or .Mac servers. The license does not even mention a .Mac subscription. While technically easy, I am not offering this as a service to the public. I've written these pages only to educate, showing that Apple has taken a short cut to proper server authentication.