By Audience: Mac Users

Links of particular interest to Mac users:

• Securing your operating system
  Recommendations for securing your Macintosh OS X computer. This page is more advanced than the contents of the "Securing your Computer" wizard.

• Macintosh antivirus software
  Although viruses are much less common for Macintosh systems than for Windows systems, free site-licensed software is available to provide peace of mind and simple security improvements.

• File sharing
  This section discusses understanding and securing different types of file sharing: operating system-native file sharing, client-server file sharing, and peer-to-peer file sharing.

• Macintosh OS X's built-in personal firewall: IPFW
  Personal firewalls are particularly recommended for intermediate to advanced users on any operating system. Personal firewalls protect from attacks that antivirus software cannot detect.

• PasswordVault
  If you have difficulty remembering all the different user names and passwords required by different websites and servers, PasswordVault provides secure storage for your user name and password information.

• Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure FTP (SFTP)

Now required by many servers on campus and around the world, Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure replacement for the insecure telnet protocol, and Secure FTP (SFTP) is a secure replacement for the insecure FTP protocol. SSH is built in to Macintosh OS X; these pages discuss how to use the software and benefit from its security advantages.