From: The One (fakerichardstallmangmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 01 2007 - 10:00:43 CDT

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On 3/23/07 2:53 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>> Symantec have been trying to demonise OS X for a long while.
>
> And it is going to work soon.
>
> Because OS X has no Propolice-like compiler stack protection, nor
> anything like W^X which makes parts of the address space
> non-executable, nor anything like address space randomization which
> makes certain attacks very difficult, especially with the previous two
> techniques.
>
> So when they have a bug, it is exploitable just like bugs are on any
> other powerpc or i386 machine running some other operating system.
>
> These days even operating systems like Vista have the above 3 security
> technologies.
>

First of all, "bugs" and "viruses" are two different things.

Second, OS X does not need third-party "protection". All of the
protection is built into the OS!

If Vista is so secure, then why does one need to download
"virus/spyware protection" when it can simply be built into the OS?

-The One

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