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Apple's First 2005 Mac OS X Security Update Is Out

Posted by timothy on from the prosit dept.

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."

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  1. PC competition for the I-Mini MAC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When MAC announced their "I-Mini McIntosh", it caught my eye. Wanting to buy/build a small computer for my already cramped breakfast bar, I started pricing out similar hardware. The results startled me. Most of the configurations I found were more than the humble US$499 of the "I-Mini McIntosh". To match price I had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case.

    My question is this. What PCs are currently on the market to compete with this? When my wife asks for the "cute little MAC", what real computer can I buy instead?

  2. Is there such a beast? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    When Steeve announced their "Apple Minor", it caught my eye. Wanting to buy/build a small computer for my sons already cramped desktop, I started pricing out similar hardware. The results startled me. Most of the configurations I found were more than the humble US$499 of the "Apple Minor". To match price I had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case.

    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?