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TidBITS#385/23-Jun-97

Concerned about Macintosh security? This week, Adam takes another look at Microsoft Word macro viruses and Geoff examines some of the motivations behind Macintosh Web server challenges (plus notes creative techniques for cracking them). We also have news about Adobe SiteMill 2.0, and the second part of Tonya’s coverage of HTML editors. This week, she checks out PageSpinner’s competition: World Wide Web Weaver, BBEdit, and Alpha.

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Hide and Seek with SiteMill 2.0

Hide and Seek with SiteMill 2.0 -- Although Adobe SiteMill 1.0 was among the first commercial Web site management tools for the Macintosh, with SiteMill 2.0 seemingly way overdue, many wondered if it would ever ship

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More on Macro Viruses

The point of many viruses, macro or otherwise, is to annoy people, waste time, and generally eat bandwidth of various sorts. That's ironic, given the amount of space the topic consumes whenever it appears in the press (see TidBITS-383)

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The Mac Security Challenge Fad

Computer security - or, rather, computer data security - is not a new idea. For as long as sensitive information has been stored on punch cards, tapes, and disks, money has been changing hands to make sure that information cannot be accessed without permission