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Apple Fixes 'Misleading' Leopard Firewall Settings

Posted by Zonk on from the walls-need-to-be-just-a-teensy-bit-thicker dept.

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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  1. Re:As usual, other considerations... by giminy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Excellent review, but one question:

    The original article was posted at 5:23, and your response came at 5:24. Did you really type all of that up in just one minute, or does Slashdot not post the actual "submit" time as the time that a comment was posted? (Or was it pre-prepared, cut&paste :))

    Reid

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