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Steve Firth <filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Can you give me an idea of how a hacker might attack an NDU network?
> 
> Because they can. Most hacking seems to be a matter of curiosity, people
> just trudge around the net looking for insecure sites, then getting in
> and seeing what's lying around. Some do it for fun, some to steal
> software and there are nasty little tricksters as well. 

"I used to be a hacker, now I'm a Corporate Computer Security
Consultant"....

ISTR there used to be some good stuff linked from the Apple site
about a Swedish Mac-based security challenge - can't remember
the URL now, I'm afraid.

Basically what Steve said is correct - it's much harder to
get into a Mac 'cos they tend not (unless you want them) to
run SMTP gateways, telnet/ftd deamons, gettys etc.

_Providing Internet Services Via the MacOS_ [1] has some 
good info, mainly on running Peter Lewis's stuff.

rgds, Alan
[1] ISBN 0-201-48998-8, Addison-Wesley <http://www.aw.com/devpress/>