Is Apple's approach to Mac OS X 10.5 security about stupidity or arrogance? Maybe Apple needs to learn something from Microsoft.

Last night, I read an Heise Security report about Leopard's firewall being turned off by default—or turning off a previously active firewall during the upgrade from an earlier Mac OS X version. I can confirm that the upgrade flips off the firewall, and without warning.

There are other troubling changes going on under the hood, too. For example, Apple's new Back to My Mac feature either turned on without my authorization or turned on during installation. I'm still early stages testing and hadn't gotten around to this feature. I ran Leopard all day yesterday, periodically using Cisco VPN client to connect to my corporate network. This morning, when I launched the VPN client, a Leopard popup warned that the new Back to My Mac feature and VPN cannot operate at the same time; a handy link flipped off the service. But who turned it on in the first place?

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Security, Operating System, Windows, Mac OS X 10.5, Leopard, Apple, Microsoft