[olug] Securing the Mac OS X operating system

[Daniel Pfile]

Apple released patches for 10.3 to fix problems that only exist in 
10.3. The problems the guy from @stake is talking about are in 10.2 
only. So:

2 different sets of bugs
2 different discovery dates for said bugs
1 patch out so far
1 bad reporter

Apple still puts out patches for OS 9, 10.0, and 10.1, I doubt they're 
going to stop supporting 10.2 the day 10.3 comes out. The article is 
pure fud, or pure stupidity. Either way, it's bad reporting.

-- Daniel

On Oct 29, 2003, at 5:51 PM, Matthew Platte wrote:

>
> On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 05:01  PM, Bob McCoy wrote:
>
>> http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5098688.html
>>
>> Apple Computer's latest version of its Mac OS X operating system,
>> Panther, patches security flaws that affect previous versions of the
>> operating system, leaving security experts wondering if users will 
>> have
>> to pay the $129 upgrade fee to be secure.
>>
>
> That's a funny image: security experts, who no doubt rake in $129+ per 
> hour, sitting around discussing Apple's convenience tax.  +1, 
> humorous.
>
> --
> -------^.^--
> Matthew "my webserver is an iMac" Platte
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