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To: Senator Bedfellow
Macs are not invulnerable, but 20-to-30 minutes is an eternity in the world of hackers, and the typical Mac user is in a much safer environment than a Windows user.

A Windows worm or virus can spread it's plague to hundreds of other Windows computers in just a few seconds. So far, Macs have not experienced that problem.

4 posted on 03/06/2006 10:53:09 AM PST by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

I would like to see a fully patched and secured Windows 2003 server with the same rules and see how long it would take to get in.


5 posted on 03/06/2006 10:54:17 AM PST by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: HAL9000
Macs are not invulnerable, but 20-to-30 minutes is an eternity in the world of hackers

Not really.  I've hammered away for days at a server before gaining access to it.

I think the longest it's taken me to crack one was a couple weeks.

48 posted on 03/06/2006 9:52:59 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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