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Apple Fixes 'Misleading' Leopard Firewall Settings
4 for 52 writes "ZDNet is reporting that Apple has fessed up to at least three serious design weaknesses in the new application-based firewall that ships with Mac OS X Leopard. The acknowledgment comes less than a month after independent researchers threw cold water on Apple's claim that Leopard's firewall can block all incoming connections. The firewall patches come 24 hours after a Mac OS X update that provided cover for at least 41 security vulnerabilities."
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Wow. Our lovely tag trolls have been forced to go all the way back to 1986.
I remember the endless "macs sux" ... "dos sux" ... repeat ad nauseam flamefests on BBSes. Evidently nothing has changed since we were all 8 and had nothing better to do than keep our parents from using the phone.
Seriously, people, if you don't want to hear about Mac OS X, is it really that hard to turn off the Apple stories in your /. preferences?
Stop bringing facts into Myth propagation. Without the ability to propagate myths, what would many /. users do? You insensitive clod.
// So are slashies
// Oh, sorry, this isn't Fark
Macs have one mouse button. Java is slow. You can't run Office on a Mac, so it's useless. Windows machines lock up every 14.5 minutes. Microsoft innovates (tm). An iPod can't play mp3s.
/ Myths are cool
"In your world it seems nothing and nobody can [*every*] be forgiven for making a mistake. How sad."
ON MEE-SA-PLANET, WEE-SA CALL A BIG MAC A NABU ROYALE... How's daaad????
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
Crazily, he actually *pays* for Slashdot. Subscribers can see stories like a half hour early and compose their reply during that time.
Paying for Slashdot? *shakes head slowly*
Comment of the year
yes.
Curse you!
;)
I was about to quote you and make you eat those words. But you had to go read you post and post a nice apology.
How can I insult you now, and retain the high ground?
Jeez, we get anymore people like you on slashdot it might get all 'reasonable' and 'adult' like.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
I don't always use unix-like operating systems; but when I do, I prefer FreeBSD.
Dude, you're now supposed to accuse him of weaseling on his original post. What kind of slashdotter are you?