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1. #LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY FOR MAC OS X#
2. #LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY ARCHIVE#
3. #LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY VERIFICATION#
4. #LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY SOFTWARE#
5. #LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY PASSWORD#

In other words, server-specific security procedures often aren't relevant to workstations.

#LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY FOR MAC OS X#

Second, many of the security approaches you can take with Mac OS X workstations work for Mac OS X servers, too, while the reverse is rarely true. First, workstations are where a large number of security breaches are likely to be attempted (particularly in a shared-workstation situation such as a computer lab). I'm going to talk initially about workstation security for two reasons. As with backup strategies, security is often a balancing act between protecting your users and allowing them the access they need. Some of them can be applied to every network others may have more limited uses. Luckily, as osxlockdown is open-source - please submit any issues you uncover!Ī: Feel free to shoot me an email at or check out osxlockdown's FAQs.In this series on Macintosh infrastructure security, I've opted to include as many ways to secure a network as possible.

As Lockdown simply executes the commands via osxlockdown, the failure logic likely exists within the osxlockdown core. Q: Why do some commands fail when I click 'fix'?Ī: Some of the commands are fairly complex, thus may fail in certain scenarios.

#LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY PASSWORD#

As such, Lockdown requests a password (via a standard authorization prompt). Ideally, you'll achieve final score of 100%!Ī: Many of the commands that are executed by Lockdown to secure OS X (via osxlockdown) require system privileges.

#LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY SOFTWARE#

Also, be patient as some of the commands, (such as verifying all software is current) may take a while. As previously mentioned, this may disable functionality in name of security. Note that this will make changes to your system.

It is recommended that if an audit turns up any 'FAILED' results, they should be fixed! To fix any detected issues, simply click the 'fix' button. A finally score/pass rate is provided at the end of the results: On the other hand, a 'FAILED' means that for a given command, your system is not securely configured. 'enable firewall'), your system is corrected and securely configured. A 'PASSED' indicates that for a given command (e.g. The results of the audit will be displayed. Clicking the 'audit' button simply checks, or audits, your computer - no changes are made. Lockdown (by means of osxlockdown) can either audit your system or fix it. As such, as shown in the image above, I choose to deselect this command. For example, I personally use AirDrop quite often (at home), to transfer files between my various Apple devices. However, any command can be disabled by simply deselecting the checkbox in the first column. It is generally suggested that you leave all commands enabled. In other words, they will lockdown your system making it generically more difficult to hack! These rules will enable or configure recommended security features, or disable OS X features that may increase your Mac's attack surface. Lockdown will then display a list of security configuration commands or rules. Click 'continue' to indicate you acknowledge the warnings: Then, simply double-click on 'Lockdown.app' and enter your password to authenticate. Depending on your browser, you may need to manually unzip the application by double-clicking on the zipped archive:

#LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY ARCHIVE#

To use Lockdown to either audit and/or harden your system, first download the zip archive containing the application.

#LOCK DOWN MAC OS SECURITY VERIFICATION#

Cryptographic verification of itself and the osxlockdown components.The ability to quickly toggle commands on and off, via the UI.A simple 'point and click' GUI-based experience.So why write a UI wrapper on top of an already great tool? Well, although power users may prefer osxlockdown, Lockdown provides: In other words, Lockdown would not exist without this tool! Before diving in, it is important to re-iterate that Lockdown is simply a UI wrapper on top of Summit Route's excellent open-source 'osxlockdown' tool.