Apple and OS security--communication is key

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"Oh Really? What does the piss-poor quality of Symantec programmers' code have to do with windows anyway?"

Funny I said WIN32 programmers. I don't know why programmers are bad on windows, perhaps the lack of security from the beginning made them that way.

"...wouldn't it make sense that updating a program that needs full access to every file on the system, would require at least some sort of elevated priveledges?"

It certainly makes sense that elevate permissions would be required, so perhaps LiveUpdate should run as a service with the required permissions. But no, instead for the user to be kept up-to-date s/he must run everything (including virii) at an evelated priveledge level.

"When you update apache on your Linux box, do you do it as a normal user?"

Obviously not, but if I wanted to automate the process I'd cron yum as root (not that it would be recommend for apache). Seriously are you trying to compare updating anti-virus definitions to maintaining a system?

"Here's a little hint for you when you're in Windows and you need to manually update your Norton AV - hold down the shift key, and right click on an executable, and select "Run As" in Windows."

So users have to have the admin password. This wouldn't be an issue if the product was written correctly.

"Better yet, schedule LU to run automatically"

Yes but requires POWER USER access to install the updates.

"Umm, yeah. Just like in Unix, a user in Windows can write to his own home directory. Your point?"

Funny I don't remember *nix automatically running items in a users home. Writing to a home directory and placing an item in the Startup Items folder are very different.

"Yeah you'd better stop alright. Your ignorance of how Windows, and other OSs works is already painfully obvious"

What was I wrong about again?

Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 06/03/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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