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And any Mac software you buy that still supports PPC is almost certainly not vendor-supported with security updates.

• yuhong 13y ago
  Luckily PowerPC exploits were pretty uncommon even back when it was current, partly because it was more difficult to create than x86 exploits.
  • tptacek 13y ago
    How so? Do you just mean fewer people knew PPC? I'm not sure I follow this.
    • yuhong 13y ago
      Yea, partly, but also because PowerPC shellcode is more difficult: http://uninformed.org/?v=1&a=1&t=pdf http://uninformed.org/?v=1&a=1&t=pdf
      • plantain 13y ago
        It's a dream compared to x86...
        • tptacek 13y ago
          Split I&D caches on the PPC complicates things.