Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:43:24 -0800 From: Thomas Hardly <hardmac@gmail.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OSX Intrusion Suspected, Advice Sought Message-ID: <41609175050112134348eef6a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050108163117.AE9EA2BDEA@mx5.roble.com> References: <20050108120108.3CAC016A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> <20050108163117.AE9EA2BDEA@mx5.roble.com>
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>From the sounds of it I don't think you are hacked but there's always a possibility. Although this list is fairly quiet at times you can try here: Mac OS and Mac OS X Security http://www.macsecurity.org/mailman/listinfo/macsec Cheers, Thomas Hardly On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:31:17 -0800 (PST), Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote: > JohnG <mcsjgs@cox.net> wrote: > > I run OS X 10.3.7 on a PowerMac MDD G4 on a cable broadband connection. > > I have reason to think my system has been tampered with. Security > > features in Mac OS X have been left unlocked (Preference Pane - Users) > > OSX is substantially different from FreeBSD (even without netinfo) > despite having some of the same source code. I doubt you'll find > much OSX expertise among freebsd-security subscribers even if it > wasn't OT. > > Assuming there is no osx-security list or newsgroup your best bet > would be to contact Apple directly. However, given Apple's > difficulties issuing patches and all the insecure, desktop-oriented > changes made to OSX's older FreeBSD base, it's a losing battle > (IME). > > -- > Roger Marquis > Roble Systems Consulting > http://www.roble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ..o: It's 12 o'clock - do you know where your data is? :o... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardening Your Macintosh - http://members.lycos.co.uk/hardapple/ MacSecurity.org - http://www.macsecurity.org pgp key fingerprint: 0F02 99D5 1D23 E445 22C9 9C90 8F24 FDBA B618 33C4
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