Internet Security for Your Macintosh A Guide for the Rest of Us New electronic, second edition Alan B. Oppenheimer and Charles H. Whitaker Open Door Networks

Internet Security for Your Macintosh, version 2.2, is a signifcant update, mainly to address the many new and changed networking features included with Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5). It is available standalone or as part of the DoorStop X Security Suite. New pieces of version 2.2 include:

• A hot-linked "What's New" section so you can easily find the major new issues
• Kerberos single sign-on system
• Time Machine (backup)
• Parental Controls
• Sharing-only users (and groups)
• Back to My Mac
• New File Sharing features (and risks)
• New Screen Sharing service
• iChat Screen Sharing feature (different from Screen Sharing service)
• New "built-in" firewall (and issues)
• Malicious Web sites
• Parallels Desktop and other Windows environments
• Apple TV
• iPhone
• 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station

Internet Security for Your Macintosh, second edition, is a major update to the first book specifically dedicated to Macintosh Internet security. It is also the first electronic release of the book, available standalone or as part of the DoorStop X Security Suite. New features of the second edition include:

• PDF version. HTML version directly integrated into our DoorStop X Firewall and Who's There? Firewall Advisor products.
• Updated for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), including a complete chapter on the Sharing System Preferences dialog.
• Includes security issues with new "digital hub" services such as iTunes and iPhoto.
• Discussions of new security concerns such as "phishing" schemes and peer-to-peer sharing services.
• Significantly enhanced sections on home and wireless networks.
• Discussions of the effect of Windows machines on Macintosh Internet security.
• New case study of common access attempts.
  

Specific recent updates to the electronic addition include:

• Security issues with Intel Macs, for both those running Mac OS X and those running Microsoft Windows (through either Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop).
• Coverage of new security issues with AirPort (WiFi), as wireless Internet access becomes more pervasive.
• Addition of our security blog, isfym.com.
• Many other small changes throughout.

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