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Huge, Crazy, Ridiculous OS X Security Hole (Page 4)
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Chuckit
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Aug 2, 2008, 12:19 PM
 
Originally Posted by frdmfghtr View Post
Apparently, the fix is a bit short on, well, "fix."

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/01/apple...ming-up-short/
That's a completely different problem.
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Aug 2, 2008, 12:45 PM
 
Well gez, I was born at night...and maybe it WAS last night! My bad.
     
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Aug 2, 2008, 01:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by Simon View Post
Did you read Apple's security note at all?
Although I did read the note, CharlesS doesn't show his full name in his sig (nor does he want it mentioned in the forums at all, apparently) and I read the story on slashdot first, so there was little reason to think it was him.
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Aug 2, 2008, 02:53 PM
 
frdmfghtr: it is important to keep things in perspective. Do you know *any* ISP or host serving DNS requests to people using OS X? Apple's slow response and interest in this area is one of many reasons why OS X is not used accordingly. Therefore, I doubt that anybody has been affected.

It's very self defeating of Apple, but Mac users shouldn't have to worry.
     
 
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