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Message-ID: <4647EE62.101@bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 01:06:42 -0400
From: scott <redhowlingwolves@...lsouth.net>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Linux big bang theory....

scott wrote:
> Just1n T1mberlake wrote:
>> I know this might be a bit hard for you to understand, but it is 
>> these 'features' that make OS X impossible to break.
>> I am guessing if you had your micro$oft operating system or even 
>> something like n00buntu you will have something to worry about. All 
>> of these extra 'features' are just making your security harder. Is it 
>> any wonder there are so many of these advisories every single day? 
>> How many for OS X?
>>
>> Maybe instead of flaming you might want to do a security course :-P
>>
>> just1n
>>
>> -- 
>> "Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they 
>> always keep." - Denis Waitley
>>
>> Mac OS X Evangelist
>> Public Relations of NeXus
>>
>>  
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Andrew Farmer" <andfarm@...il.com>
>>> To: "Just1n T1mberlake" <hotpackets@...lokitty.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux big bang theory....
>>> Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:49:37 -0700
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 May 07, at 17:47, Just1n T1mberlake wrote:
>>>    
>>>> Confirmed Macosx is not vulnerable to this.
>>>>       
>>> Well, yeah. The script depends on lynx and wget being available, 
>>> and  neither is installed on OS X. It also depends on the 
>>> line-by-line  layout of several include files, one of which 
>>> (linux/wireless.h)  doesn't even exist on non-Linux systems.
>>>
>>> It won't even work on all Linux systems. If the target doesn't have 
>>>   compilers available, for example, it won't have any headers to 
>>> grab  the target strings from.
>>>     
>>
>>  
>>
>>   
> Evidently you need more experience in security research:
>> http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/
> I believe this should dispel your myth about OSX's invulnerability.
>
> Really...did you honestly believe it was invincible?
>
> Regards
>

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