Security researchers are claiming that Apple has failed to fully patch the high profile DNS cache poisoning error. The company issued the patch last week as part of a larger security update. The so-called Kaminsky flaw (named for its discoverer, Dan Kaminsky,) has sent vendors scrambling to patch what is said to be a fundamental vulnerability in the DNS system.According to Andrew Storms, director of security operations for network security firm nCircle, Apple's patch doesn't quite do the job. Storms found that the update doesn't force source port randomization for client libraries, an essential fix for preventing the spooking attack. Storms said that while the server component of the error is fixed, client machines remain vulnerable
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Why bother patching it when it hasn't got any security risks?
Eitherway, hope the apple guys fix this bug as soon as possible.
So, you can't take the claims of a person or small group, and say that they are factual or representative of the product.
Vista is good. Really. But be honest here. Microsoft only recently caught up with the other OSes as far as implementing secure practices.
That said, I think that Apple's delays in releasing a patch (which seems to have been done a few days ago?) are inexcusable. They fell way behind all other vendors. And now it seems that the patch just isn't all that it should have been? Are they being complacent?
Security by obscurity is not security. It's just obscurity.
Probably playing with their Network cards? MAC stands for Media Access Control, I think you wanted Mac
Probably playing with their Network cards? MAC stands for Media Access Control, I think you wanted Mac
The whole MAC/Mac thing is about as witty as the 'Micro$oft' thing. In that neither are funny. At all.
Let's put it simple : LOL
I'll be there to remind you when Vista has flaws
Let's put it simple : LOL
I'll be there to remind you wen Vista has flaws
I'll be there to remind you that Leopard currently has 20x the issues that Vista has
http://www.macworld.com/article/134793/200..._dns.html?t=232 (dated 31 Jul 200
And yes, Vista has flaws. The difference is that MS patches their flaws a HELL OF A LOT faster than Apple. Apple needs to stop making their stuff look pretty and start making it secure and usable.
I think the problem here is that since MAC's have hit the mainstream, Apple haven't updated put any money back into fixing the flaws with their software. This and Safari issues on windows I think shows that they need to start focusing on after sales a bit more rather than the making everything smaller and in a wider range of colors.
I think the problem here is that since MAC's have hit the mainstream, Apple haven't updated put any money back into fixing the flaws with their software. This and Safari issues on windows I think shows that they need to start focusing on after sales a bit more rather than the making everything smaller and in a wider range of colors.
"a bit slow"? It's a rather serious security vulnerability, and it still hasn't been fully resolved, despite everyone else having had it fixed like over a month ago.
Apple's attitude towards security is puzzling, given their rather bold claims about their OS compared to their competitors.
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