Comments on FIXYOURTHINKING.COM / Need a brain? Borrow mine!: A 3rd party To BS About Apple Security

In order to access the internal driver or to alter...

2006-08-23T18:45:00.000-04:00

In order to access the internal driver or to alter the OS a password IS needed. In the video, he does not enter a password so you must ASUUME he is logged in as root.

The point is the video, the presentation, and the information behind it are so poorly presented and ambiguos that it's really hard to debate what's right, wrong, or inaccurate. Gruber did the best job , but I'm not willing

Sorry, my point was that in your post you imply th...

2006-08-23T18:37:00.000-04:00

Sorry, my point was that in your post you imply that if there is terminal session active that this somehow means that root the root has been enabled. This is factually incorrect.

You also said that you need root level access to install a driver. This is again incorrect. You can install drivers without ever enabling the root user.

The Daring Fireball post has nothing to do with

So what's the argument - that is esactly what i wa...

2006-08-23T17:10:00.000-04:00

So what's the argument - that is esactly what i was saying ... maybe I didn't phrase it properly.

From Daring FireBall:

Jim Thompson’s “Yet Another Thing About the Maynor/Ellch Affair” points to something in Maynor and Ellch’s video demonstration that has been bothering me, too: when Maynor gets shell access to the “attacked” MacBook, his shell’s current directory is that of the

"The root user doesn't have to log in or supply a ...

2006-08-23T14:45:00.000-04:00

"The root user doesn't have to log in or supply a password for anything."

uhh... The root user has to supply a password to log into a system. Once logged in, the root users would no longer have to supply a password to make changes. And your comment really has nothing to do with mine. Having a terminal window open has nothing to do with enabling the root user in netinfo manager which

The root user doesn't have to log in or supply a p...

2006-08-21T19:42:00.000-04:00

The root user doesn't have to log in or supply a password for anything.

Further, the video (as you will see) also alrea...

2006-08-21T18:29:00.000-04:00
Further, the video (as you will see) also already has the terminal activated, meaning root level access is activated (most likely)
That doesn't makes sense. Having a terminal session open is going to be independent of enabling the root user. You also do not need to have the root user enable to install drivers.