What You ve Learned

What You've Learned

• When using Open Firmware Password, all startup keys are disabled except the Option key.

• Fast User Switching back to the Login Window is an excellent way to increase security.

• By default in Mac OS X, every time the computer boots, it automatically logs in to the initial administrator account without requiring a password; use the Accounts preferences pane.

• Enabling Stealth Mode disables sending denials in response to blocked packets.

• When a user with a FileVault home folder is not logged in, the disk image of that home folder is stored in /Users/username/username.sparseimage.

References

Apple Knowledge Base Documents

The following Knowledge Base documents (located at www.apple.com/support) provide further information about using the command-line interface:

Document 106482, "Setting up Open Firmware Password Protection in Mac OS X 10.1 or later"

Document 301416, "Mac OS X 10.4: If FileVault "secure erase" is interrupted, data loss may occur"

Document 25695, "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: FileVaultHow to verify or repair a home directory image"

Document 25614, "Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: FileVaultHome directory, Public folder unavailable while logged out"

URLs

Open Firmware commands: www.firmworks.com/QuickRef.html

Apple security: www.apple.com/macosx/features/security

Mac OS X v10.4 Security Help: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/cdb_scr.html