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Apple's First 2005 Mac OS X Security Update Is Out
ollie_ob writes "Security Update 2005-001 has just hit Software Update for Mac OS X users, for those running 10.3.7 and 10.2.8 in both normal and server flavours of the OS. The update includes patches for: at commands, ColorSync, libxml2, Mail, PHP, Safari and SquirrelMail.
Details are here. One of these fixes -- a modification to Apple Mail so it stops broadcasting your MAC address in plain text every time you send an email - will come as a welcome relief to those trying to keep their WEP-based wireless networks secure. Other highlights are PHP 4.3.10, and a Safari fix so that pop-up windows can't mislead users as to their apparent origin. The Mac OS X Server version of the patch also includes an update to SquirrelMail that stops browsers from executing scripted content in emails viewed(!).
Interesting to note Apple's new naming scheme for the updates (last year, some updates came out dated days into the future - or past.) Also, there's a unified page for all future security updates."
I was getting SOOOOOO sick of that 17MB copy taking 20min. troll. Its good to see the trolls have banded together to stay relevant and on top of the new hardware Apple is releasing. I would hereby like to congratulate all trolls for propogating and expanding upon their repetoire of meaningless and ill-educated flamebait. Truly, being a Mac user wouldn't be nearly as much fun without the raging OS envy evident in these hilarious and thoroughly entertaining posts.
Bravo!
"My question is this. What PCs are currently on the market to compete with this? When my son asks for the "cute little MAC to play halflife 2 on", what real computer can I buy instead?"
Tell him to go ask mommy at the kitchen bar. : P