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Comment by zdw

Dev tools don't really have a place in managed environments IMO - they just need too low level of access to a system to be able to do their work.

Now, say a game or web browser that runs potentially malicious content, sure, sandbox it. But other things like code interpreters, low level Unix tools, or inter process tools like AppleScript, they're still open to (mis)use by anyone.

I'm going to guess that most malware for OS X will soon become non-compiled scripts. Sure, the interpreter would be signed, but what it runs is totally arbitrary.

parent zdw 14 years ago

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