Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS You're missing something. Although the file is read-only to you, its enclosing folder (/Library/Preferences) is still writable to you, which…

Quote: Originally Posted by Person Man people will just click through it without reading it, and it won't be effective. Just like Paranoid Android.

Okay guys, the Rixstep POC was updated with new instructions. He also now has a tidbit about MasterPasswordHint, which I stumbled on while going through the plist on my own machin…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 Just like Paranoid Android. Exactly. This kind of hand-holding for people who are vulnerable to social engineering is not neede…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 Okay guys, the Rixstep POC was updated with new instructions. He also now has a tidbit about MasterPasswordHint, which I stumbled on…

Okay, here's why the POC will not work through the Finder. If you duplicate com.apple.loginwindow.plist through the Finder, you get a binary plist file (indicated by bplist00). A…

Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared. Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, though, does create the rooted.txt, even if t…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 It seems that if you're running 10.4.0 or 10.4.1, you're 'safe' (notwithstanding the widget exploit). To which widget exploit are…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared. Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, thoug…

Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of those things? Apple can only lock things …

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of th…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 This is how I made it work on my system, although I used Xfile instead of the Finder. The key is that the substituted plist be in XM…

Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hal Itosis Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1? It's the same update as before, it just fixes a few bugs in the original upd…

Quote: Originally Posted by Hal Itosis Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1? I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break?

Quote: Originally Posted by rickey939 I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break? Presumably corrects bugs in update 2006-002. It fixes nothing new. Othe…

Maybe it just kills FrontRow anew...

I've been reading around on how to make use of the FPT capabilities built into OSX. I'm kind of clueless, on this area. I would like to be able to remotely log into my mac at hom…

I use Interarchy to pick up stuff from my desktop system that I "forgot" to take with me to work on my MacBook Pro. A single-user licence is only $39 and it's really easy to use, a…

I'm trying to do the same thing, does it matter if the computer goes to sleep?

Do you need a static IP for this? I tried to set up my airport with a static IP (I read instruction on portforward.com) but, Comcast won't give me the IP for the DNS server (I thi…

A static IP is obviously preferable but most ISPs won't give you one unless you pay silly money for a business account. But if you are using a cable modem, running a LAN behind a r…

Thanks CMS! I've usually just been satisfied with hooking up the airport and logging right on, but learning all these new tricks with networking is starting to interest me more. …

There is excellent info on this topic including a detailed step by step video at this link: http://howto.diveintomark.org/remote-mac/ enjoy, Rich

The quicktime guide is brilliant if not confusingly extensive for a newbie. Would the procedure be the same if you just want to connect mac to mac rather that pc to mac? What progr…