RE: Mac Security

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

Larry wrote:
> Another relevant point I think is that the sort of 
> mass-scattershot techniques used against Windows are 
> effective, to the extent they are, because so many of the PCs 
> out there run Windows. The percentage of Macs reached overall 
> has to be low, and the percentage of vulnerable ones with 
> unsophisticated users will be lower. For this reason it's not 
> an economic use of cracking effort to attack Macs. This is 
> the "flying under the radar" argument.

Agreed that their small number overall does offer a sense of security,
even if it isn't entirely true.

> Attacks against unpatched servers might be a more successful 
> approach, but we know how successful Apple is in the server market.

Poachers may have trouble finding the Black Rhino because it is
endangered (small groups), but that doesn't imply protection. Bill was
just telling mac users to keep looking behind their back....and don't be
complacent about security. He should be embraced in the mac world, not
yelled at for keeping watch.

-Todd

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