Miller on Mac OS X, Chrome, Firefox, Economics
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Mar 2009 13:51 UTC, submitted by google_ninja
Privacy, Security, Encryption Fresh from winning the PWN2OWN contest yesterday, Charlie Miller has been interviewed by ZDNet. He talks about how Mac OS X is a very simple operating system to exploit due to the lack of any form of anti-exploit features. He also explains that the underlying operating system is much more important in creating a successful exploit than the bowser, why Chrome is so hard to hack, and many other things.
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Bill Shooter of Bul
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2006-07-14

No, I don't think that's it at all. I think the Security of the operating system is better in OSX, so because of that they have a false sense of security which is why there aren't as many preventative measures. Windows just flat out sucks and every one including the programmers sort of know that, so they beef up the primary line of defense with all of these preventative measures.

In the extreme it would be like complaining that Chicago is less hurricane ready than New Orleans, because Chicago doesn't have any hurricane related building codes,or any levee's.

In reality the situation isn't quite that disparate. Osx really should add those prevention measures.

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aliquis Member since:
2005-07-23

I think the Security of the operating system is better in OSX
Who cares what you _think_?

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