CHAPTER 2Security Fundamentals

You just bought your first Mac. Or maybe you've been buying Macs for years. You might even be part of the Mac cult phenomenon that is rapidly afflicting the world, spanning generations of Macophiles before you. Perhaps you've inherited the responsibility of overseeing a network with Mac computers. What made you buy a Mac? Perhaps it was the ease of use or the creative software bundled with it, or perhaps you just really related to the Mac guy more than the PC guy on the television commercials. Whatever the case may be, congratulations. You will now be working with one of the most advanced, most innovative, and most powerful operating systems on the market today.

Presumably you or the person who purchased the computer ...

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