This Story Posted:
June 15th, 1999

[3:17 PM]
Mac Security Site Offers Guide To Maintaining And Breaking Mac Security

A new site called SecureMac.com offers information for both maintaining and breaking security on your Mac. The site offers a comprehensive guide to Mac security programs and includes a rating system. With each review, the site also offers hacks and other ways around the programs which is of course a two-edged sword. According to SecureMac.com: All this time you thought AtEase was the product keeping your Macintosh secure. Did you know there are over 20 ways to get past it? Not just AtEase but every security product for the MacOS is vulnerable in some way. SecureMac.com will help you understand the products security. It will help you understand: . The security program . The security of the program . How to secure the program . How to secure your MacOS . How to break the security . Test to see if someone else has already broken the security . Understand the security of your mac on the internet . MacOS Security consulting This site is updated weekly with new security programs, flaws in the programs and Mac News. The Mac Observer Spin: Most Mac users take their security for granted. This is partially because there are fewer ways to hack a Mac and fewer kids trying to do so. The command line of Unix machines and DOS is a much easier and more attractive target for many vandals. The site is a two-edged weapon because the information for breaking security can be used by both sides. In particular, school networks and the kids on them will both find the most use for this site. The information in professionally presented and is a valuable tool for Mac users though. SecureMac.com