Comments on: Mac OS X not as secure as you thought http://becomingparanoid.com/2006/03/06/mac-os-x-not-as-secure-as-you-thought/ Tips about computer security, privacy and staying safe online Tue, 22 May 2007 23:49:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Becoming paranoid » More contests to hack Mac OS X http://becomingparanoid.com/2006/03/06/mac-os-x-not-as-secure-as-you-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Becoming paranoid » More contests to hack Mac OS X Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:34:17 +0000 http://becomingparanoid.com/2006/03/06/mac-os-x-not-as-secure-as-you-thought/#comment-17 [...] In my last post about Mac OS X I talked about someone who asked hackers to try the security of his Mac mini and discovered that it had been compromised in 6 hours. But what I didn’t tell is that he allowed anyone to create an account in his system, from which a local exploit was probably used to gain superuser access. [...] [...] In my last post about Mac OS X I talked about someone who asked hackers to try the security of his Mac mini and discovered that it had been compromised in 6 hours. But what I didn’t tell is that he allowed anyone to create an account in his system, from which a local exploit was probably used to gain superuser access. [...]

]]> By: Felipe Alfaro Solana http://becomingparanoid.com/2006/03/06/mac-os-x-not-as-secure-as-you-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Felipe Alfaro Solana Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:38:40 +0000 http://becomingparanoid.com/2006/03/06/mac-os-x-not-as-secure-as-you-thought/#comment-16 As far as I know, the default configuration for Mac OS X does not enable the firewall. Also, the user created during the installation is given administrative privileges. The first things a savvy Mac OS X user has to do is: 1. Enable the firewall: System Preferences -> Sharing -> Firewall tab -> Start 2. Create another, special user, give it administrative privileges and remove any administrative privileges from any other user. As far as I know, the default configuration for Mac OS X does not enable the firewall. Also, the user created during the installation is given administrative privileges.

The first things a savvy Mac OS X user has to do is:

1. Enable the firewall: System Preferences -> Sharing -> Firewall tab -> Start
2. Create another, special user, give it administrative privileges and remove any administrative privileges from any other user.

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