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Snow Leopard Missed a Security Opportunity
CWmike writes "Apple missed a golden opportunity to lock down Snow Leopard when it again failed to implement fully a security technology that Microsoft perfected nearly three years ago in Windows Vista, noted Mac researcher Charlie Miller said today. Dubbed ASLR, for address space layout randomization, the technology randomly assigns data to memory to make it tougher for attackers to determine the location of critical operating system functions, and thus makes it harder for them to craft reliable exploits. 'Apple didn't change anything,' said Miller, of Independent Security Evaluators, the co-author of The Mac Hacker's Handbook, and winner of two consecutive 'Pwn2own' hacker contests. 'It's the exact same ASLR as in Leopard, which means it's not very good.'"
Yeah, but it doesnt matter. everyone knows that apples are immume to viruses and malware. and they look better than ordinary Pcs.
Then how does your network card work?
He's obviously still on dial-up.
That's ok, you only missed 2 words...
He didn't even spell pwn right. What is the world coming to when people can't even write in l33tsp34k properly?
I see many more posts complaining about mac fans than I see posts by mac fans. Don't you guys have anything better to do than get emotional about a blob of hardware+software?
I daresay some hackers might maintain "their" machine better than the legal owners ;).
I use Linux distro disks for spacers under my desk when it wobbles. The AOL disks have rotted away it seems.
Why bother