Several days ago, I was a tad dismayed over some story about a Mac OS X Server being hacked into in 30 minutes. Most of those claims tend to be bullshit but I always check with my fellow co-workers who have better access to the truth within Apple’s engineering circles. They’re able to put the real or imagined flaws into a proper context.
A really brave gentleman at the University of Wisconsin (I’ve actually talked to him on support calls over the years) did a more realistic test when it was revealed that the allegedly successful hacker was someone with a local account on the server already. That’s equivalent to a bank being robbed with the assistance of an employee.
Mac OS X and its server companion aren’t 100% invincible but this story explains, debunks and uses a more real-world scenario. Again, the Mac OS isn’t completely perfect yet when compared to Windows, it’s pretty close.