Towards a More Secure Mac

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited August 2007 in Science & Tech
In his Icrontic debut, Nate Drenner tells us how to lock down your Mac without locking yourself out:
Any of those situations could lead to unwanted access of your personal documents. Most Mac enthusiasts will be quick to point out the platform’s UNIX-based security, and it is secure – but not impenetrable. Luckily, there are a few simple settings and techniques that will help keep peoples’ hands off of your stuff, whether your digital guests are invited or not.

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Who is Nate Drenner? :o
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    Who is Nate Drenner? :o
    He's registered as Tobin; friend of mine from college. :)
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Very refreshing article, great job!
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Nice article! I'm sure there some Mac users who could make good use of it.

    When did you get friends, Keebs? ;)
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    Who is Nate Drenner? :o

    Perhaps even more important; who is Kaiser Sose?
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited August 2007
    You should probably add this, If that mac worm turns out to be real they claimed it was using bonjour. (This would disable it till next reboot).
    sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSRespon der.plist

    edit: You should also tell users how to make there keyring pass diffrent the rest of the systems (set your password to what you want your keyring's to be. Then open up a console and passwd newloginpasswordhere) After you do that anytime something goes to the keyring it will prompt you for the keyrings password.

    Also disabling sudo helps... but some thing's won't work right (Those packaged installers,But Apples own software is smart enough to ask for root if sudo is disabled)
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