Apple Security Update Posted

patpro writes "Apple has just released a security update for Mac OS X. It includes Apache 1.3.23, OpenSSH 3.1p1, PHP 4.1.2, rsync 2.5.2, and sudo 1.6.5p2 (among other things). For the moment it's available only via the Software Update pane in System Preferences, but it should be available later at the Apple Downloads Page."

Comments

Re:Just as I predicted

[ahknight]

all computers have a 100% chance of getting hacked into when connected to a network,

Ok, sure. I'll connect a Mac OS 9 box to the net and let's see if you can get in. =)

Re:Fast, but not Red Hat Fast

[Dephex Twin]

It runs with a lot less interaction (mine runs in a cron job every night - a list of installed packages is waiting for me in the moring)

I think a majority of OS X users like, or at least don't mind, the interaction. I don't want the software update to download or install packages without asking. Even if Apple did want to make this an option, why would they move to this third-party update product, instead of just adding a checkbox "Download and install updates automatically" to the existing app?

and is a lot more flexible (I can pick and choose what type of updates to install).

I'm not sure here what is different about what they have in OS X now. One can both pick, as well as choose, the updates one wishes to install. One can also disable a package that is not needed so that the updater doesn't ask about it again.

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