CLIX 2.4.0.0 is Now Available prMac

[prMac.com] Stockholm, Sweden – Rixstep are pleased to announce the immediate release of CLIX 2.4.0.0, their popular freeware software package. CLIX, the ‘command line interface for OS X’, is enhanced in the new version with additional security features and further commands bringing the tally to 1,979.

Don’t Sell a Man a Fish

‘It’s just the right mix of power, ease of use, and helpful education’, wrote Mac|Life. ‘The #1 power tool for Mac OS X’, wrote iCreate magazine. It’s used by scientific institutes around the globe. This is CLIX – a rolodex of important Unix commands all assembled in topical document files and ready to run right from the program itself.

Today, CLIX has so many security features it’s actually safer to use than the command line (Terminal.app). There’s less chance of making a mistake, as all the included commands are tested before release.

From the outset CLIX has been marketed as free software because ‘certain things – like knowledge itself – must remain free’.

Version 2.4.0.0

The 2.4.0.0 build for CLIX comes with a feature to flag incidents of ‘sudo prompts’ to thwart attempts by interlopers to inject code along one’s command path. Previous security safeguards have been further fortified, making CLIX easily safer than Terminal in all possible respects.

2.4.0.0 also comes with the ‘Reverse Houdini’ safety enhancement, as tests have shown that protections provided by Apple, such as ‘code-signing’, can be defeated. Over a half year in development, Rixstep’s ‘Reverse Houdini’ (or ‘Houdini’ for short) seals binaries (and thereby additional bundle files) in a way that cannot be defeated.

CLIX 2.4.0.0 is the one version for all OS versions, functional from 10.6 Snow Leopard through 11.x Big Sur.

Further Info

Further information on CLIX is available at the Rixstep website or by contacting Rixstep at the address below.

Stockholm/London-based Rixstep have many years of experience behind their efforts, with teaching and consulting credentials from the likes of British Aerospace, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Lloyds TSB, SAAB Defence Systems, British Broadcasting Corporation, Barclays Bank, IBM, Microsoft, and Sony/Ericsson. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2021 Rixstep. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh Mac OS X and macOS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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John Cattelin
Media Contact
Sweden