Security Issues in Mac OS X
In Boston, the conference SOURCE, Dino Dai Zovi has made a demonstration on how to break the security of Apple's operating system. To make the show has used the data memory (HEAP Memory) is not sufficiently protected in order to perform the attack. This problem is currently produced in Leopard but it is anticipated that in the next version, Snow Leopard, will be resolved as data memory will be random.
So far, Mac OS X was considered one of the most secure systems on the market. However this finding may be that serious attacks appear to Mac OS X.
As a curiosity the iPhone OS is not vulnerable to the problem described above.
More details on faq-mac-com .
Interface enhancements in Snow Leopard
Mac OS X has always been known for being quite innovative in matters relating to the user interface. The dock, anti-aliasing fonts on the desktop, create a Human Interface Guidelines (rules that define how applications should behave) and Exposé are some examples of the different technologies that Apple pioneered admitted into its system.
Snow Leopard looks set to bring some developments in relation to that aspect. An example of this is the controversial new interface Safari 4 that although it has received some criticism must be acknowledged that includes elements such as Coverflow innovative enough to display the history or the tab bar at the top (very inspired by Chrome, it must say).
Also the version of QuickTime to bring Snow Leopard will make various changes to the interface since, as we discover in AppleInsider , are going to remove the controls. That is, to open a movie the only thing the movie is displayed only in passing the mouse over the player controls appear (similar to what happens in many players but to maximize the window).
As you approach the time of release of the new system (to be defined), we get to know in detail all the changes that Apple plans regarding Snow Leopard interface and if the innovations introduced in Safari or QuickTime will apply to other components the system.
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