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Re: more hardening

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In article <mgbjs2$32l$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
wrote:
> Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> > for an imac there are processes running that are not needed, like wifi
> > 
> > I think I can unload modules or something like that but wanted to
> > find out if there's an app or some script someone might share that
> > could disable things based on a list of what's running and what's
> > not neeeded
> > 
> > this a snow leopard subscriber
> 
> Why are you wanting to do this? To save electricity? To make your Mac 
> run faster? As an academic exercise? Messing around with this kind of 
> stuff "just because" is almost always a mistake.

Because he's a tin-foil-hat-wearer who doesn't want people (somehow
magically) accessing his Mac.




> You can turn wi-fi off in the Network system pref pane.

Yep, but he's a Linux-nerd, so doing something the easy way is beyond
him. He'd rather muck about in Terminal and take five times longer to
achieve the same result.

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more hardening Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-11 09:06 -0700
  Re: more hardening me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-11 16:58 +0000
    Re: more hardening Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-12 10:42 +1200
    Re: more hardening Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-12 16:36 -0700
      Re: more hardening David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-04-12 22:19 -0500
        Re: more hardening Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-13 10:27 -0700
          Re: more hardening David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-04-13 14:49 -0500
            Re: more hardening nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-13 16:40 -0400
  Re: more hardening nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 14:18 -0400
  Re: more hardening Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-04-11 16:21 -0700
    Re: more hardening Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-12 14:08 +1200
      Re: more hardening sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-04-12 03:41 +0000
    Re: more hardening Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-04-12 10:02 +0000
      Re: more hardening Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-12 16:01 +0000
    Re: more hardening gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-04-12 08:17 -0700
    Re: more hardening Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-12 16:46 -0700
      Re: more hardening Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-04-13 13:09 +1200
      Re: more hardening Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-04-13 09:48 -0700
  Re: more hardening Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-04-12 09:34 -0400

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