Leopard Has More Holes than Spots
Security has slipped backwards on the evolutionary ladder in Apple's latest Mac
OS X release, security researchers say, with Leopard's firewall having more
holes than its namesake cat has spots.
"The short answer is the Leopard firewall is ... ugly and a step backwards
from 10.4," said Rich Mogull.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2209676,00.asp
Fortress Mac Is Gone
Malware breaches the Mac moat.
"For years, we've heard snorts of derision from Mac users about the poor
security of PCs. Yet that supercilious attitude (as we know from our history
books) is patently dangerous, because it creates a false sense of security.
Now, Mac users will need to be a bit more careful out there ('cause when Joey
wants his pr0n, he wants it now!). On the heels of the poorly-secured release
of Leopard, we now find that there is no perfect protection against human
stupidity social engineering, even for a Mac user," said Alex Eckelberry.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2210900,00.asp
After reading the above two articles, I can only agree with Alex Eckelberry,
although I believe the latter part of his last sentence could very well be
applied to any "Joey", on any version of any operating system.
What saith you?