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Integrating Mac OS X With Active Directory
White Papers This white paper describes how one can use the information stored in MicrosoftÂ’s Active Directory to authenticate Macintosh users and provide file services and home directories for them on Mac OS X Server.
[May 4, 2009, 6:08]
requires Active-X security risk enabled!!!
Member Review requires Active-X to be enabled which all security experts (and my company) require to be disabled! Does not un-install completely, leaves active background security console with no way to remove it. Also doesn't work if MSIE is not your default...
[July 8, 2004, 15:38]
Best Practices: Integrating Mac OS X With Active Directory
White Papers With the introduction of the Active Directory (AD) plug-in in Mac OS X 10.3, Apple has made a concerted effort to enable IT administrators to integrate Mac OS X clients and servers easily into existing Active Directory infrastructures.
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
New Authorware sports Active X hooks
News Developers can add Active X controls to Authorware-developed applications and the package also benefits from the inclusion of the Backstage Internet Studio 2: Enterprise Edition Web development tool and Solis Design's Pathway, training software...
[May 2, 1997, 14:10]
Gates takes a side-swipe at Apple, Linux security
Talkback An example is when Microsoft first offered Active X as an answer to Java. Now, both Java and Active X have had their share of security problems, but Java was designed to provide a sand box from the beginning, so the only danger was someone finding...
[January 27, 2004, 17:47]
Mozilla hits back at browser security claim
Talkback Accept it, Symentec and Miki$oft - Mozilla is more secure simply by virtue of not running Active X. Even in IE if you disable active X, it still pops up annoying dialogs warning you that it's disabled.
[November 2, 2005, 15:23]
ADmitMac
Downloads ADmitMac v3 allows Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, or Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (with the latest updates), to participate in and take advantage of all the directory services provided by Microsoft's Active Directory, NT, and Apple...
[November 3, 2009, 14:16]
Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback McaFee antivirus 9.0 REQUIRES Active-X (and active scripting and more) to be enabled --- the very stuff we are all warned against enabling.be the AV people themselves! SO: you have to enable Active-x (and active scripting and a whole heap more) in...
[February 7, 2005, 15:03]
Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
Talkback Instead, I disable active x and java, but keep javascript active on Windows. I use both Windows and Mac OS X, Mac OS X being my usability favorite by far. On neither system do I use Symnatec antivirus products and here is why:
[March 24, 2005, 20:32]
Macworld: Jobs unveils new iPods and iMac
News Apple has 2.5 million active Mac OS X users. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Wednesday defended the company's switch to the Mac OS X operating system and unveiled new iPod digital-audio players and a new flat-panel iMac.
[July 17, 2002, 15:43]
Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus
Talkback McaFee antivirus 9.0 REQUIRES Active-X (and active scripting and more) to be enabled --- the very stuff we are all warned against enabling.be the AV people themselves! SO: you have to enable Active-x (and active scripting and a whole heap more) in...
[October 25, 2005, 12:09]
Windows XP SP2 flaw complex but dangerous
News On an SP2 system, this shouldn’t be a problem, but it is still possible to bypass the security with an Active X control. The company pointed out that Windows XP SP2 does not run Active Scripting in the Local Computer zone, but by performing a...
[December 1, 2004, 11:55]
Guy Kewney's Diary
News And, like everybody else who has tried the idea of Active X in serious data processing, they were keen on it for no longer than it took to ask: "What about security, then? I had disabled Active X, I'd set up triple security.
[October 4, 1997, 8:00]
Firefox security claims rubbished
News Another benefit, Baker said, comes from the fact that Firefox does not support Active X plug-ins. For years, some consumers and analysts have lambasted Firefox because it couldn't run Active X. It turns out it [not running Active X] is only less...
[March 23, 2005, 11:00]
WebBook
Downloads WebBook provides a mechanism to share a single Mac OS X address book with a department or a company. Thus, all Mac OS X, Windows or Linux users can inspect a central WebBook or download contact data to their local address book.
[September 30, 2007, 8:00]
Web Help Desk Pro
Downloads Mac OS X Help Desk Software Solution Web-based Client UI - Zero Footprint iPhone web-app accessibility Customer Service Web Portal Incident & Problem Management Email-to-Ticket Conversion LDAP / Active Directory Synchronization Knowledge-base...
[October 20, 2009, 0:06]
Mac OS 10.5.5 packs plethora of security fixes
News With the release of Mac OS X 10.5.5 on Monday, Apple provided patches for almost three dozen software flaws. Apple said an information-disclosure issue exists in Login Window when it is configured to authenticate users with Active Directory.
[September 16, 2008, 16:26]
Legion of new viruses approaches
News Fischer also pointed to Microsoft's failed Java Killer -- Active X -- as a far greater risk than Macros in the long term. Active X applets can be embedded within HTML code and can execute programs or even write directly to a system's registry.
[August 5, 1999, 10:29]
Launcher X
Downloads Launcher X is a highly configurable application launcher that replaces the built-in launcher on your Palm Powered Handheld.The first 3rd party launcher enhanced for the Treo 700P, 755p, Treo 680 and Palm Centro!
[June 9, 2006, 8:00]
Porn Trojan may mark new era for Mac security
News A new piece of malware, specifically designed to exploit Apple's OS X, has been found by Mac security software firm Intego, but Symantec has said the firm is prone to "hype". Users of the Mac OS X 10.4 operating system — Tiger — will be unable to...
[November 1, 2007, 7:45]
