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Apple Plugs Software Update Hole

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the plugging-the-holes dept.

hype7 writes "Apple's getting quick! Less than 5 days after the recently reported software update vulnerability was discovered, Apple have a patch plugging the hole. Apparently, packages now presented via the Software Update mechanism are cryptographically signed, and the new Software Update client 1.4.6 checks for a valid signature before installing any new packages."

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  1. I know this smacks of paranoia by Dirk+Pitt · · Score: 0, Troll
    but wouldn't it benefit apple to introduce a problem that they had the solution to already, so they could quickly "develop" the patch? This would be great fodder for a marketing campaign.

    I know, I know. I should go work on discrediting the Apollo missions, too. ;-)

  2. Impressive. Now if they weren't control freaks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I might buy one. However, since every time I get ready to purchase one I read an article about how they are screwing someone, I'll have to pass (yet again).

  3. Excellent. by Jack+Va1enti · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now Fritz and I can get them to working on that analog hole.

  4. Dear Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Dear Apple,

    I ama homosexual. I boughtan Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.

    with much gayness,

    Father Randy O'Day, S.J.

  5. Re:check the .dmg not the .pkg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple owners are, by and large, the type of nancy who gets the vapors trying to figure out which end of the screwdriver to use. The idea of choice or configurability frightens them. That is to whom Apple targets their marketing. You know the kind; they dress head to toe in black and drive a Volkswagen new-beetle. They spend hours--nay--days getting their virtual desktop decorated just right. They agonize over which screen wallpaper to use. Style over substance.