mercoledì 16 settembre 2009

Snow Leopard less secure than Windows, says hacker

Wasted opportunity to lock down OS, says Mac security guru

 

Snow Leopard lacks security features that are built in to Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, a noted Mac researcher has said.

Dubbed ASLR, for address space layout randomisation, the technology randomly assigns data to memory to make it tougher for attackers to determine the location of critical operating system functions, and thus make it harder for them to craft reliable exploits.

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