On Nov 11, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > On Nov 11, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> I suspect there will be more than you would probably like. :) I realize >> older systems don't get updates from Apple anymore. That makes it even more >> important that they should continue to get updates from MacPorts, doesn't it? > > No, it makes it important that they not be encouraged to connect to the > global internet where their lack of security updates means that they're > available for nefarious people to use them for bad purpose. > > While having up-to-date packages from MacPorts helps some, it doesn't fix the > problem since we don't do things like patch the kernel or system libraries ... > >> You seem to prefer that users should throw working old computers into the >> trash instead and buy new ones? > > not necessarily. I'm pretty sure there are other operating systems that you > can run on Apple hardware ... (ones that are still getting security updates). > >> That's not always practical or appropriate. > > ... which might be why I didn't suggest it ;-)
I would imagine that most users who bought a Mac want to run Mac OS, not any other OS. You believe that a Mac with an old version of OS X, running with the OS X firewall enabled, behind a NAT router, not running any server programs, is vulnerable to attack from the Internet? _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
