On Nov 11, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > I would imagine that most users who bought a Mac want to run Mac OS, not any > other OS.
yes, and it's unfortunate that Apple doesn't have a clearly published policy of how long they continue to support OS releases (and that they don't continue to release security updates for longer). > 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? I believe that most people are not capable of safely running an internet connected device that isn't actively supported by a vendor. The specifics of what must be done to mitigate the risk depends a lot on the specifics of the situation (and often would cost more than just getting a new box / installing a different OS). -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- [email protected] ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+ _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
