Alle 08:35, mercoledì 19 maggio 2004, Cotty ha scritto: > On 19/5/04, John Francis, discombobulated, offered: > >Hot on the heels of the assurances that OS/X is secure, and not > >susceptible to the same sorts of exploits Windows suffers from, > >comes the news that there's a gaping great hole in OS/X as shipped. > > > >Basically, the AppleHelp service can be used to execute an > >arbitrary shell-level script. (rm -rf /, anybody?) > > > >I'd suggest any OS/X users here might want to disable that service. > > John, can you put that into plain language for me? thx. > >
rm -rf / means : make up some space on those quite-full disk, you'll problably need it. but also means: loose all your data and Operating System too. Personally I prefer rm -rf . that first delete your data. (to be sure) ;) on how to disable this service, i really don't know. I haven't a Mac. But mac is all about mouse, so there should be some option called "AppleHelp" (as Cotty suggested) somewhere. Cotty is suggesting to disable it, I don't know if there are any drawbacks. ciao Danilo
