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Mac OS X: User Friendlier Security for Unix

Dec 14, 2003 4:28PM PST

"One of the problems of computer security in practice is providing an easy mechanism for the user of a system to take advantage of the security features present in an operating system. A system may have significant security features, but absent an interface that allows the user to easily make use of those features the effective security of the system may be low." Read the PDF. Elsewhere, BBC writes, about Panther: "Apple, fed up with playing second string to Windows, has been taking its operating system from strength to strength."

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5406

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