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... And the Hits Just Keep On Coming

Posted by pudge on from the mo-updates-mo-updates-mo-updates dept.

Vokbain writes "Security Update 2003-12-19 is now available. This update includes the following components: AFP Server, ASN.1 Decoding for PKI, cd9660.util, Directory Services, fetchmail, fs_usage, rsync, and System Initialization. Get it now in Software Update." This security update appears to be for 10.3.2, and, as stekylsha writes, "contains among other things -- wait for it -- the fix for the cd9660.util buffer overflow. What was the turn around on that? Three days?" EverLurking writes "Yet another update from Apple, this time they've updated Java to 1.41.1_01. You can find it in Software Update, a restart is required." I see no Java update of this sort, but I do see an update to the MPEG-2 component, as well as the 10.3.2 update for Mac OS X Server. (As usual, the technotes on Apple's site don't appear to be updated yet.)

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  1. Re:Apple is killing me! by MoneyT · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a matter of not being able to please everyone at once. When they did the bulk updates, people were ticked because they couldn't pick and choose what to install, so now you get them piece by piece, of course, now people want them all at once

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  2. Advice by phorking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You want to stay current but don't want to reboot your machine every day. You want 2 completley mutualy exclusive operations here. In your choice where Apple only releases updates once a week you are not staying any more current than you would if you only patched yourself once a week. Instead, you are only being ignorant to your current patched status. The patches are still waiting at Apple and you still have not applied them. You have not actualy gained anything by waiting for Apple to release those updates on a schedule. So, just update once a week. It makes no difference in the end. If you want to stay current, stay current and don't complain about rebooting. TTFN =)

    1. Re:Advice by Senjaz · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Not true. Patching doesn't always require a reboot. Any system service could be updated and it's process restarted individually instead of taking down the entire system. Unfortunately Apple's updates tend to want to reboot the entire machine. I suspect further effort could be made to improve the software updater so that machine reboots were not required as often. All but very core stuff could be suspended while a updated process is swapped out for a newer one.

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    2. Re:Advice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If I update my linux boxes I reboot them.

      Why? I've been caught before, having a machine up & running for months, updating a dozen small things that restart just fine, and I get used to how they work.

      Then on a reboot, things AREN'T identical. It's just not worth trying to trace down why the system isn't working as I'm used to when I could have completely avoided problems with a reboot. Granted it's rare, but if I'm going to do 10 reboots over a few months that's better than spending a few hours poring over a system to find why it's not working how it used to, when it's not working how it SHOULD and not how it did without the reboot.

      A reboot costs 45 seconds. That's worth it. Screw uptime

  3. Re:Snagged this last night by tgibbs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Also nice to see all the other Security fixes happening. gg Apple!

    Also nice to see Apple giving public credit to the people who reported these security holes.