Quote Originally Posted by Yamaneko View Post
Quote Originally Posted by bipper View Post
Macs recently had a bad problem where the drivers could be coaxed into allowing one to have root access or some such. The find was not used mallaciously my most, as there is a low % of people using macs. Personally, I <3 thier OS. But it is not perfect. A lot closer than windows is, but not perfect.
The problem could only be exploited through a third-party NIC card. No one uses a third-party NIC card with a Mac.
I coulda sworn it was something motherboard... I remember reading on slashdot some time ago.