[X4U] Macintosh security (How to protect files and Applications for stolen computers)

[Philip J Robar]

On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> On 22/11/05 6:11 PM, "Philip J Robar"  
> <pjrobar at areyoureallythatstupid.org>
> wrote:
>
>> TrustBar (http://amirherzberg.com/trustbar/) is a FireFox extension
>> which deals with this problem:
>
> This appears to be for Windows Firefox?

It's not just for Windows, but there is an error in the OS X and BSD  
version so they are asking that people not install it till the  
problem is fixed.


> One last question about security/encryption if I make a Disk Image  
> with a
> password using Disk Utility is it possible for someone to break  
> into that?

No, Apple provides AES-128 encryption as an option for disk images.

For an overview of the security features in OS X see http:// 
www.apple.com/macosx/features/security/


Phil
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