Apple OS 10.4 A step in the right direction

For some time now, apple has begun to come under some scrutiny for lax file permissions and an increased perception that apple is becoming complacent in the realm of security. Not so, reports computerworld.com with there brief review of Apples next generation operating system. According to Douglas Schweitzer of computerworld.com Apple’s OS X 10.4 has a number of features to improve the security of its operating system. These features include all ports being closed by default, and all remote services disabled. A new file encryption scheme called File vault provides on the fly 128 bit file encryption. Also, apple will be releasing what it calls its “Secure trash can” which instead of merely deleting directory entries actually physically overwrites data so that it can’t be restored.

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