JohnG <mcsjgs@cox.net> wrote:> I run OS X 10.3.7 on a PowerMac MDD G4 on a cable broadband connection. > I have reason to think my system has been tampered with. Security > features in Mac OS X have been left unlocked (Preference Pane - Users)OSX is substantially different from FreeBSD (even without netinfo) despite having some of the same source code. I doubt you'll find much OSX expertise among freebsd-security subscribers even if it wasn't OT. Assuming there is no osx-security list or newsgroup your best bet would be to contact Apple directly. However, given Apple's difficulties issuing patches and all the insecure, desktop-oriented changes made to OSX's older FreeBSD base, it's a losing battle (IME). -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting roble.com
>From the sounds of it I don't think you are hacked but there's alwaysa possibility. Although this list is fairly quiet at times you can try here: Mac OS and Mac OS X Security macsecurity.org/mailman/listinfo/macsec Cheers, Thomas Hardly On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:31:17 -0800 (PST), Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> wrote:> JohnG <mcsjgs@cox.net> wrote: > > I run OS X 10.3.7 on a PowerMac MDD G4 on a cable broadband connection. > > I have reason to think my system has been tampered with. Security > > features in Mac OS X have been left unlocked (Preference Pane - Users) > > OSX is substantially different from FreeBSD (even without netinfo) > despite having some of the same source code. I doubt you'll find > much OSX expertise among freebsd-security subscribers even if it > wasn't OT. > > Assuming there is no osx-security list or newsgroup your best bet > would be to contact Apple directly. However, given Apple's > difficulties issuing patches and all the insecure, desktop-oriented > changes made to OSX's older FreeBSD base, it's a losing battle > (IME). > > -- > Roger Marquis > Roble Systems Consulting > roble.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >-- ..o: It's 12 o'clock - do you know where your data is? :o... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardening Your Macintosh - members.lycos.co.uk/hardapple MacSecurity.org - macsecurity.org pgp key fingerprint: 0F02 99D5 1D23 E445 22C9 9C90 8F24 FDBA B618 33C4