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Where does sandboxing stop?
I used Norton's iAntivirus app from the Mac App Store to scan my entire hard drive. As expected, it presented me with an Open dialog at the root of my hard drive. I clicked "Open" and let it scan. ...
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How do I safely recover data from a compromised Mac OS X account?
One of the non-administrator accounts on my mac-book has been compromised. The password to the account has been reset, and I noticed some suspicious looking activity (the user was logged on to my ...
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Mac OS X admin password reset utility
Is there any way i can reset my mac admin password with a tool like chntpw. Booting from a Mac OS X Install CD is not an option, since the firmware password is set. Are there any simple ways of doing ...
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Gate Keeper Behaviour
I have recently installed Mountain Lion (clean install) and my gate keeper is set to "Mac App Store". I found an old app downloaded on my mac, it was a game named Tribbi.app when I tried to open it, ...
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Security of small browsers [closed]
To have a secure system one important part is to have an up to date browser with the latest security fixes. I trust that the teams behind the large browsers (IE,firefox,safari,chromium,opera) work ...
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tftpd starts randomly
A few days ago my Little Snitch filter starts popping up tftpd. I'd never seen this before, so I immediately start freaking out thinking my Mac has been compromised. I can't find anything unusual on ...
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gpg2 on Mac: How to enter passphrase on terminal instead of getting a GUI prompt?
I am using Mountain Lion and when I encrypt a file using gpg an annoying GUI prompts for me to enter the passphrase. I would like to be prompted for the passphrase in the terminal, not in an external ...
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How can I tell if the lock screen is active from the command line on OS X?
I have a cron script that I want to run regularly if I am logged into my Mac. I don't want it to run if the Lock Screen is up. Is there a way to check from the command line / Terminal if the Lock ...
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Using a SD card as a smart card for two-step verification for Mac logon
What I am trying to do is create two-step verification to logon to my mac, one being that you would need to input a SD card (formated with special format or something) and then also have a password. ...
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OS X stealth mode: where is it enacted?
I am working through the security guide from apple (which they did not update since Snow Leopard). In the firewall section it states that ipfw has a default allow rule:
65535 allow ip from any to any
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1answer
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MAC filtering, How to auto log in to a webpage?
My building provides internet access but before you can use it you need to browse to website, from there you are redirected to the buildings router which asks you for a user name and password, after ...
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Can I make a Smart Card using a flash drive?
I want to require a user to plug in a flash drive before letting them authenticate with his/her password.
Are there any solutions that work well for laptops, preferably Macs?
I'm not looking for a ...
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Allow Java applets from command line in 10.6.8/10.7.x
Is there any way to specify a class of java applets that can run automatically from the command line, in 10.6.8 / 10.7.x, such as using the security app?
I have two different timesheet systems, both ...
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Protecting/securing a single Mac OS X partition (dual-boot setup)
I want to know how to protect a specific Mac OS X 10.7 partition which is installed on a dual-boot machine.
I do not need anything too powerful or secure, but I have two Mac partitions on the same ...
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1answer
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Why does my password for the ssh private key does not work (on Mac)?
I have a pair of private and public keys. The public key is on my server and I have my private key on my local disk. The file's permissions were changed with the command:
chmod 600 private_key
Now ...
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1answer
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Lock screen with different password (Mac)
[OSX 10.6]
Is there a way (or app) to enable screen locking with a different password from that of the current user.
I have a high-ish security password for my user account. The problem is that it ...
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1answer
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How do I use Keychain to open web accounts once the password is in my Keychain on my Mac?
I have figured out how to put a password into my Keychain, and I went to my web account, to change the password, so it is the same in both places. Now, how do I get the two to coordinate, so I don't ...
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Simple built-in way to encrypt and decrypt a file on a Mac via command-line?
Are there any built in command-line tools that I can encrypt and decrypt a text file (and provide it some sort of password).
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Mac Book Pro locks screen and then won't accept proper password to unlock
I have a MBP 6.2 running mac os x 10.6.8 and I've just recently starting seeing this problem.
When I go away from my Mac, I always lock the screen. When I come back and put in my password, the mac ...
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How can I prevent Google Street View from tracking my location?
Since a Google Street View car has passed by my neighborhood, it has associated my wireless router's MAC address to its geographical address. The problem is that my address can be easily obtained by ...
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Allow internet connection through nothing but a certain VPN connection in Mac OS X
How can I configure Mac OS X such that it can only allow an internet connection (both downloads and uploads) through a given VPN connection?
If the VPN connection disconnects, the internet should ...
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Snow Leopard reports other users, but who are they? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why there are two users showing in uptime command results?
My MBP reports other users, but I'm the only one using this laptop:
$:> uptime
19:30 up 13 days, 16 ...
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when i send someone a file, are the details (Date created / Date modified / Owner / Computer) sent as well (by default)?
I have created a file asd.asd:
I want to know when i email this file directly to other people, what kind of information (Date created / Date modified / Owner / Computer) will be exposed.
I am ...
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What Mac OS tool do you use to generate random passwords for logins?
What Mac OS tool do you use to generate random passwords for logins, and back them up (encrypted) in case your computer dies?
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Client-side encryption before the desktop backup software ships my data off to the cloud
I have a good price and fast upload with a local online back-up provider. I like their service and only really have one complaint: they don’t encrypt my data client-side before transmitting it to ...
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How do I remotely destroy parts of my Macbook hard drive?
I would like to connect to my Macbook through a reverse shell to be able to delete data remotely.
It will have an internet connection through WLAN
The hard drive will not be removed from the computer
...
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How do I crash my Macbook Pro digitally?
Yep, you read it correctly. I would like a way to crash my Mac OS x hard drive/hardware so that it cannot boot anymore. Through a software solution. This is because if my Macbook ever gets stolen I'd ...
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2answers
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I want to make Macintosh Security Settings Location-Aware and Automatic
I have a Macbook Pro that I take from home to work to coffee shops to hotels. When I am at home, I want it to not require a password except after 4 hours of inactivity. When I am traveling, I want it ...
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How to intentionally mess up a Mac?
Inspired by this question: How to mess up a PC running Windows 7?, I'm interested in repairable ways that you could intentionally 'mess up' a Mac computer.
Note from a Mod on the other question, that ...
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Prevent scp to .ssh folder, Public Key Authentication security
I really know exactly know how to best ask this best and is taken care of in the backend, but I have recently delved into the world of public key authentication over ssh. This led me to wonder about ...
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Secure delete logs in Mac OS X
Securely erasing data from OS X is easy. But is there a way to securely erase all logfiles (including the system logs contained in some database) without actually messing the system up?
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Is it possible to change the background behind the OS X login box screen saver unlock?
I have my Mac configured to require a password when it goes to sleep or when the screen saver comes on. When I wake it up I'm presented with a login box and the screen behind it is flat black. I would ...
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How to tell Skype on Mac that it is ok to open even though downloaded from Internet?
After rebooting my Macbook Pro, when I click Skype to open it, it says "This file has been downloaded from the Internet, are you sure you want to open it?"
It doesn't give me the option "this ...
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MacOS : crypt all web traffic within a ssh tunnel
I have set up a ssh tunnel to communicate with internet.
This allows me to ensure my data are crypted and can not be stealed if I am using a non-trusted connection.
I add a sock proxy in connection ...
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Why do I have a redswoosh-install.log in my /tmp?
My /tmp directory contains a file called redswoosh-install.log.
Wikipedia tells me that RedSwoosh was a peer-to-peer content delivery company, later acquired by Akamai.
The file was created ...
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Where are Mac user account passwords stored?
How can I access the encrypted value of a local user account password in osx? Would it be possible to check against it or even copy it to another account?
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Mac OS X: Java Applet requests “unrestricted acces”
My bank has a Java applet that requests "unrestricted access" to my computer.
Obviously, this seems a little 1984 to me... What happens when you allow this? Is the applet allowed
(Root) access to ...
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Make XAMPP program directory writeable?
I'd like to be able to write to the XAMPP directory so that I can run PHP scripts from there rather than my "Sites" user folder.
How can I do that? I'm using 1.7.3.
Currently, if I try to write ...
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How to wipe an IPod with DBAN
I'm looking to use a utility such as Darik's Boot And Nuke (www.dban.org) to wipe my iPod (classic fifth generation) so I can sell it on Ebay (without having to worry about my data being recovered.) ...
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Mac Security - Which one?
Recently I had my credit card cloned. A few hours after shopping at an online store (in which I trust and buy since 2006) I received a call from my bank asking if I recognize a $5,000 debt to a ...
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How to detect device type from device connected to router?
I have a att router and there is an unknown device connected to my network. I can't seem to kick it off because of how att's router settings are created which is kind of dumb. I am able to see its ...
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Mac OS X: How to change language when screen is locked?
How do I change the language when screen is locked? I can't see any menu's there for changing language also the shortcut (cmd+shift+space) does not work either.
Any ideas how can I do that?
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How can I lock my Mac when I walk away? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Equivalent of Win-L on Mac
This has got to be an easy, trivial question but as a new Mac user, how can I lock my Mac when I walk away?
On Windows this is dead simple - ...
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Is it safe to put a Mac directly on the internet?
In the past I have always run a NAT router between my Windows PC's and the internet. I'm wondering if I still need this or whether the OSX firewall is good enough to let me put a Mac directly on the ...
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How can I get a data usage/access log for an external hard-drive?
I'm working in an office with many people and sometimes I leave my external hard drive with my personal data inside. I would to know if there is some way to see if my hard disk was used during my ...
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Can I get my Mac to ignore a specific SSID?
I have a secured wireless network and my Mac (Snow Leopard, 10.6.2) normally connects to it without any problems.
There is, though, an unsecured network frequently in range (called generically ...
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Is there any good software to remotely take photos of someone who has stolen my macbook?
I'm just wondering if anyone knows of an app I could install on my macbook pro that would allow me to photograph someone who has stolen it and receive their photo when they connect to the internet. I ...
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Snow Leopard won't reboot after recent Security Update
This has happened to me after a recent Security update from Apple. Went to restart, and Mac just hung for ages with pinwheel spinning. Eventually turned off at back of Mac Mini. Trying to reboot and ...
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Does Secure Empty Trash work on Mac w SSD?
Given that an SSD does wear leveling, does the Secure Empty Trash on the menu in MacOSX really work? Is something special being done force overwrites to the same physical block of flash and bypass ...
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Is there a way to find out if someone downloaded files from my Mac?
Problem: I was in a big meeting and logged in to a wlan with everyone else. Everyone had a Mac. Like 50 people or so. After the meeting I saw that in my sharing settings, my whole Mac HD was ...
