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Appearently you have no clue.
I cannot believe there are still people running around the internet under the false presumption that the demo at Black Hat was the beginning and end of this story.

There was in fact an exploit shown in private to Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs, on a stock Apple laptop. What do you think this new patch is for? Not the third party and drivers shown at the original demo. Maynor and the company he works for SecureWorks are being given no credit for identifying the exploit first and Apple has been using parsed language and obfuscation to try and do an end run around explaining just what SecureWorks supplied them with so Apple could identify the flaws and create the patch. Of course there are plenty of Apple fans who claim Maynor lied to the reporter Krebs and faced the private stock Apple demonstration he reported on in the Washington Post. This week at the Toorcon convention Maynor will be giving an extended and detailed presentation on just what they did discover about this class of exploit which is not specific to Apple, and infact has been found to be workable on Windows and Linux based laptops as well.
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Get r Done  code_Warrior | 09/21/06
Bad reporting here  Predrag Vasic | 09/21/06
Appearently you have no clue.  Cayble | 09/25/06
You missed this part of the article  tic swayback | 09/21/06
Even Unpatched?????  wolf_z | 09/22/06
I'll get around to it  tic swayback | 09/22/06
Wait?  KTLA | 09/22/06
You need to supply a password  tic swayback | 09/22/06
So much for the fanboy denial  flatliner | 09/21/06
Sorry took the day off...sick.  Laff | 09/21/06
Hey! Give us a minute!  tic swayback | 09/21/06
Sorry!  Len Rooney | 09/21/06
No need to Patch Vulnerability  bka1959 | 09/21/06
That's actually one of the best parts!  Ken_z | 09/21/06
I Know  bka1959 | 09/22/06
Apple enthusiasts, being a credit to their race and sex...  Confused by religion | 09/21/06
So I guess I'll start....  crash89 | 09/21/06
Wow! Great apology from a Windows user! (NT)  nomorems | 09/21/06
I do use Windows....  crash89 | 09/22/06
I don't attack other users.  nomorems | 09/22/06
Whether it is the SAME vulnerability or not is up for debate..  doctorSpoc | 09/22/06
even if it is the secureWorks boys are unprofessional..  doctorSpoc | 09/22/06
Did you read the article?  tic swayback | 09/21/06
So let me get this straight  mdemuth | 09/21/06
I just want to know the truth  tic swayback | 09/21/06
Yes I would  mdemuth | 09/21/06
I still want to know...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/22/06
seriously... when is a couple of days a month and a half...  doctorSpoc | 09/22/06
Here's an idea...  craptacular@... | 10/02/06
Tic - welcome to the real world  TonyMcS | 09/21/06
And no complaints from me either.  nomorems | 09/21/06
Actually...  zkiwi | 09/22/06
The "Real" world? Hardly  tic swayback | 09/22/06
re:Did you read the article?  Arm A. Geddon | 09/21/06
Dude, open your eyes  georgeou | 09/22/06
Here's a hint George...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/22/06
Stalking the unicorn  tic swayback | 09/23/06
Hold on a sec,cowboy...  tangent001 | 10/02/06
Well...  zkiwi | 09/21/06
re: well...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/21/06
re: well...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/21/06
re: well...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/21/06
re: well...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/21/06
wtf? that's a first for me at ZD dot Net for multiple posts.  Arm A. Geddon | 09/21/06
It actually WAS a victory for George  John Zern | 09/22/06
where'd you pull that one from John?  Monkey_MCSE | 09/22/06
Same old strawman  tic swayback | 09/22/06
No, not at all  zkiwi | 09/23/06
Milly is a crazy, Milly is a crazy, La La, La La, and she fell down!  nomorems | 09/21/06
Not cool dude  Shelendrea | 09/22/06
I will leave it to the readers of this forum...  Confused by religion | 09/22/06
My apology  tic swayback | 09/22/06
LOL, what did you expect Apple to say?  Qbt | 09/21/06
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Yeah right  zkiwi | 09/21/06
"Not everyone is that gullible, though."  nomorems | 09/21/06
"Not everyone is that gullible"? Do you use Windows?  Laff | 09/22/06
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Message has been deleted.  opensourcepro | 09/22/06
Tru Dat!! but I think the question for everyone is "Can  Laff | 09/22/06
No big issue here .  Intellihence | 09/22/06
Maybe this is a stupid question....  crash89 | 09/22/06
Since this was a driver problem, Intel released  georgep_z | 09/22/06
ROFL...  Badgered | 09/22/06
You do?  zkiwi | 09/22/06
Z, I ask that everyone now consider it...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/22/06
it's true...  doctorSpoc | 09/22/06
YAWN  Shelendrea | 09/22/06
You know  Rick_K | 09/22/06
Bottom Line...  doctorSpoc | 09/22/06
only now...who do we believe?  Monkey_MCSE | 09/22/06
Well I believe you..  TonyMcS | 09/24/06
pot, meet the kettle  rwahrens1952 | 09/25/06
not so fast...  rwahrens1952 | 09/25/06
More importantly, the hate works both ways  Boot_Agnostic | 09/23/06
Hate is right  TonyMcS | 09/24/06
Well  Boot_Agnostic | 09/25/06
Admission of humanness  Jim Hussey | 09/25/06
You couldn't have said it better nt  comp_indiana | 09/25/06
Thanks for not saying 'told you so'  Boot_Agnostic | 09/26/06
apple and humanness  nix_hed | 09/26/06

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