Apple Criticized For Not Blocking Stolen Certs

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 8, 2011 @06:39PM from the I-am-disappoint dept.

CWmike writes "A security researcher is criticizing Apple for lagging with its response to the DigiNotar certificate fiasco. He is urging the company to quickly update Mac OS X to protect users. 'We're looking at some very serious issues [about trust on the Web] and it doesn't help matters when Apple is dragging its feet,' said Paul Henry, a security and forensics analyst with Lumension. Unlike Microsoft, which updated Windows on Tuesday to block all SSL certificates issued by DigiNotar, Apple has not updated Mac OS X to do the same. Meanwhile, even Mac OS X users who want to go DIY are stymied, reports Bob McMillan, because the OS can't properly revoke dodgy digital certificates."

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Re:Not just Apple... by That+Guy+From+Mrktng · 2011-09-08 18:57 · Score: 0, Troll

Sigh *problems of the first world* Microsoft can dictate/leverage/downright-bribe governments in developing nations to exclude anything Linux/Open from public schools, guess theres some balance in the universe after all and I hope that makes you feel better... oh wait.