Apple iPhone v1.0.1 Update Now Available

The Webguy writes "Apple has released the first update for the iPhone. Updated components in the v1.0.1 update include Safari, the WebCore, and the WebKit. Quoting from the Apple Knowledge Base, the 'update is only available through iTunes, and will not appear in your computer's Software Update application, or on the Apple Support Downloads site.'" One source speculated that Apple wanted to get fixes in users' hands ahead of the Black Hat conference where details of early iPhone vulnerabilities could be revealed.

Comments

Re:NIce!

[aichpvee]

It's in the IT section, too, moron.

Re:hmmm or not

[Anonymous Coward]

The regular crowd shuffles in

Re:hmmm or not

[Anonymous Coward]

Theres an old man sitting next to me

Re:Copy/paste (and take the "Phone" out of iPhone)

[UnanimousCoward]

I'm gonna rant for a while, so move along if you don't want to hear this--you've been warned...

You know how Steve mentioned three things when he introduced the iPhone? Well, two out of three ain't bad--mine wasn't a phone for about 24 hours (and didn't bother to tell me):

• I was trying to make a call and/or send a text message to my wife at about 8pm to tell her that my son and I would be a bit late coming home. No dice.
• I figure it's just my iPhone lying to me about signal strength, so tried a bit later from a different location--no dice.
• I realize that my wife said she tried to call me in the afternoon and that my iPhone didn't even say missed call, new voicemail, or anything.
• Then, I realize that I haven't gotten a call/message/made a call for about 24 hours.
• So I reboot.
• Voila. Several voicemails, missed calls, text messages appear magically. And I can make calls too!

Either this update better address phone-freeze or I'm gonna have to reboot every 24 hours (or chuck it)...

Re:In Your Face "Enterprise" iPhone Bashers

[RzUpAnmsCwrds]

Yet here we have the first vulnerability in the iPhone and it is promptly patched through a system that will distribute the patches very quickly and easily.

Quickly and easily? That's crap, and you know it. Quickly and easily would be for the iPhone to update over the air, like the T-Mobile Sidekick does. Having to connect the device to a PC running iTunes isn't "quick" or "easy".

Tell me, how is IT is going to push patches to the device?

How are users going to know to apply the patch? Maybe we should send a memo - but who will read it? What if users don't fire up iTunes frequently? What if they have disabled patching?

How do we ensure compliance? What's to stop iPhone 1.0 users/devices from connecting and downloading sensitive data?

Apple can't answer these questions because they've never handled deploying iPhones in a managed environment. As Apple deploys more devices in their own organization, I suspect their management tools will mature.

There are multiple holes in Symbian and of course Windows Mobile that remain completely unpatched.

Oh, really? Because so far I'm counting zero. That's not to say that there aren't any, but I have never seen any attack on Windows Mobile other than a proof-of-concept.

There is this meme that the iPhone is not ready for the enterprise because it doesn't have MAPI and special I-T management tools.

The iPhone isn't ready for the enterprise because you can't manage it. You can't force users to use a PIN (BlackBerry/Windows Mobile can), you can't encrypt the contents of the device (BlackBerry/Windows Mobile can), and you can't remotely wipe the device (BlackBerry/Windows Mobile can).

Here's a pop quiz - the CFO's iPhone is lost/stolen. What do you do?

There are many reasons that the Mac is more secure than Windows, but a big reason is that OS X is such a moving target.

Bullshit. Mac OS X is fundamentally unchanged from when Tiger came out two years ago. By your logic, we should count every Microsoft update rollup as a "new version". Even major new versions of Mac OS leave most of the OS unchanged.

The vast majority of Mac users are using the very latest OS and have all the patches applied even though the vast majority of Mac users have no I-T staff and no I-T skills

You have no idea how patching works in IT. We don't necessarily WANT users to have "all the patches applied", at least not right away. IT needs to control patch delivery to limit compatibility issues. Or do you believe that patches never break anything?

When the iPhone first shipped and people started hacking it, there was a lot of talk then that every hack may be temporary, a software update could come down through iTunes at any time and reset the game. There is nothing like that protecting any other mobile.

Windows Mobile 6 devices can be patched over the air, and patch delivery can be managed with a variety of third-party tools. Thus far it has not been particularly necessary. We live in a world of differnet devices running different software. Attacking mobile devices doesn't make sense.

Our CTO has an iPhone. He also carries a BlackBerry. Pretending the iPhone is ready for the business environment doesn't make it so.

Re:In Your Face "Enterprise" iPhone Bashers

[Heembo]

Tell me, how is IT is going to push patches to the device?

The whole point was they don't need to, because it's easily handled by the user.

This is, by far, the most ignorant security comment on Slashdot I have ever read. You are a fool sir, at least when it comes to security.

Not a Troll

[dreamchaser]

I am constantly amazed at the moderation when it comes to anything about Apple. Parent is most certainly not trolling, and seems to show a lot of understanding about how a corporate environment needs to manage mobile devices.

This is an apples and oranges discussion though, since the iPhone was never *meant* to be used in a corporate environment. Apple wouldn't even sell them to people with AT&T business accounts.

Anyways, parent should have been modded +5 Informative, since the statements were quite accurate, if not what fanbois wanted to hear.

Re:hmmm or not

[cez]

yeah they *always* ask... or they break libraries so one must upgrade to even open itunes.