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It's not a Feature, It's a Vulnerability!

Posted by timothy on from the proactivation dept.

pmeunier writes "Apple's security stance is stunning. In the latest (10.3.9) update, Apple removed two capabilities because they pose security risks. One of them is the capability to run setuid and setguid scripts (the other was actually unused). Can other commercial OS vendors (how many are there :) adopt a similar stance? Will you be inconvenienced by the inability to run setuid scripts on MacOS X? Which other features/capabilities (in any OS) would you like to have removed?"

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  1. Re:Stunning? by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it's broken, it should be fixed, not thrown away.

    Imagine if Microsoft just removed IE because of all the security problems....wait. Let me re-think my position on this.

  2. Re:Stunning? by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coincidentally, that's IE's problem too.

  3. Re:Answers by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny
    It'd be nice.
    Hey, Microsoft is very active in hunting down and removing insecure features. Maybe not as active as they are in creating them....
  4. This is a smart move by Apple by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    And, since they did this, everything feels snappier!

  5. Is IE really a feature? by theraccoon · · Score: 4, Funny
    Which other features/capabilities (in any OS) would you like to have removed?

    Internet Explorer.

  6. You asked for it.... by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which other features/capabilities (in any OS) would you like to have removed?"

    Windows, all flavors, TCP/IP.

  7. Re:Stunningly *stupid* by snuffdiddy23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that anything that makes a sysadmin's job more difficult should be reconsidered, as it requires a sysadmin to be more effective (which is uncalled for). Everyone who has ever worked in a job that is not as a sysadmin should know that making a sysadmin's life easier is way more important than the thousands of people they represent. Everyone knows that in any company that the IT department can be counted on being the top dollar earners. I have already made a list of excuses for my lack of efficacy, and this update that I had all of the computers automatically install has just taken precedence over some of the best excuses I have used to shirk off actual work.