Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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I'd simply like to see a breakdown of each of the configs after the event.. how the hell can you set up a Linux box JUST LIKE a Winblows box that is set up JUST LIKE an OSX box!? The differences between the OS' just seem too profound to make that possible...
weird.
There is some level of baseline you can setup. For example, have the default firewall enabled in Vista, OS X, with default settings (so you can test the secure defaults), OR set it up so that they all have the same firewall rules. Likewise you can keep UAC on to mimic sudo. The complexity comes from what applications are installed. Try and make sure that each as the same type of default applications (Firefox for linux, IE 7 for Vista, Safari for OS X) to mimic what the average user is likely to choose on each of those systems. If you were trying to come up with a baseline workstation environment you could do a pretty good job creating comparable systems.
I guess it's the word "linux," being the most generic, that gave me the most pause. Security on random linux builds has always been entirely dependent on libary versions, active services, service versions, etc.
IOW, since there's really no "default install" for linux, it's hard to imagine a direct comparison to such an install in Vista or OSX.
The main reason I'd like to see the specific builds is so that I can recreate them for use in my own pentest lab(s) and wargaming at work... ;)
Well, you do have default installs for various distros. For example Ubuntu installs with certain apps by default, as does redhat, etc.