On March 24th, 2001, Apple shipped the first release of its next generation operating system called Mac OS X (Apple 7, p. 1). Version 10.0 was preceded by a Public Beta release on September 13, 2000 (Apple 4, p.1). A discussion of the lineage of the operating system and a preliminary analysis of the security implications of the Public Beta has already been conducted (Crow, p.1). This report constitutes an evaluation of the out-of-the-box security of the shipping version of Mac OS X. The security features and vulnerabilities evaluated in this report form the foundation for most security aspects of the operating system and therefore should be considered essentials for anyone involved in maintaining a Mac OS X system. As of this writing, the current version of Mac OS X is 10.0.4 Build 4Q12 for most systems. This report will evaluate this particular version and build with the Web Sharing Update 1.0 installed (Apple 10, p.1).
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