On 3/23/07 2:53 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote:

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>> 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