Agreed with the other comments offered already. Apple has really taken the initiative on security and met things pretty squarely. Out of the box it is quite secure, almost everything is locked down via the built in tools. Incidentally, I speak from the experience of being Sys-Admin of many Solaris, Windows and Linux boxes. Most of the things Apple has had to deal with actually derive from security holes that have sprung up in third party products such as Apache and PHP (which are really quite solid products). There was recently a security vulnerability with a password buffer overflow on the GUI login screen, but that hack required physical access to the box, and as we all know physical access IS ACCESS, period.
In my opinion they, Apple, have put forth a considerable amount of effort to avoid the black eyes that a certain Redmond-based company has been prone to, mainly because any significant stumbles could spell certain doom for an OS that only enjoys 5 percent of the overall desktop market.
Anyway, thats my two cents worth on it. Blast away!
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Agreed with the other comments offered already. Apple has really taken the initiative on security and met things pretty squarely. Out of the box it is quite secure, almost everything is locked down via the built in tools. Incidentally, I speak from the experience of being Sys-Admin of many Solaris, Windows and Linux boxes. Most of the things Apple has had to deal with actually derive from security holes that have sprung up in third party products such as Apache and PHP (which are really quite solid products). There was recently a security vulnerability with a password buffer overflow on the GUI login screen, but that hack required physical access to the box, and as we all know physical access IS ACCESS, period.
In my opinion they, Apple, have put forth a considerable amount of effort to avoid the black eyes that a certain Redmond-based company has been prone to, mainly because any significant stumbles could spell certain doom for an OS that only enjoys 5 percent of the overall desktop market.
Anyway, thats my two cents worth on it. Blast away!