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Last week's wireless patches for the Wi-Fi vulnerability was already well-known due to the BlackHat demo. Was there ever really a problem out in the wild? Perhaps not. But at least two guys knew how to crack any Wi-Fi setup, including Airport.

It didn't help that Apple themselves initially sounded quite dismissive of the vulnerability, only to backtrack last week and show that indeed their equipment was as susceptable to attack as any other Wi-Fi setup...just like that demo vid had shown. If nothing else, the misguided backlash by the Mac community after that demo only went to piss off two security researchers (and anyone else in their position) who may not be so forgiving to Apple and its user base with the next vulnerability they find in terms of releasing information to the public first because of the shoddy way the Apple community ransacked these two's reputations.

If OS X starts to get the attention of the same kind of anti-malware, OS security and 'bug-fixer' organizations and companies that typically try to break Windoze (and then be the first to take credit for it as if that was the way to justify their existence)...then more of these patches will indeed fix things that will already have been reported by outlets like zdnet.
Posted by: flatliner   Posted on: 09/30/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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if it's only for versions 10.4 or later I guess...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/29/06
oops...  Arm A. Geddon | 09/29/06
Not only for versions 10.4 or later  labarker | 10/02/06
Thanks ZDNET for the heads up .  Intellihence | 09/29/06
And you think...  Qbt | 09/29/06
update...  galileon | 09/30/06
There is a difference  crash89 | 09/30/06
Yes , there is a difference .  Intellihence | 09/30/06
not always the case  flatliner | 09/30/06
Well...  zkiwi | 09/30/06
Misinformed lemming  dmac5 | 10/01/06
gotta love brainless twits...  Monkey_MCSE | 10/01/06
Demo was missleading.  MacGeek2121 | 10/02/06
Yes.  Rick_K | 09/30/06
Let's not start a flame  Boot_Agnostic | 09/30/06
It's all about the F.U.D.  Rick_K | 09/30/06
And the rest of Window users are  Boot_Agnostic | 09/30/06
It pays for their advertising rates -  MacGeek2121 | 10/02/06
Probably could get paid for it  Boot_Agnostic | 10/03/06
Hear's a heads up for you  John Zern | 10/01/06
Here's a heads up....  MacGeek2121 | 10/02/06
Well there was the whole IE thing not all that long ago:  Laff | 09/30/06
Why wait?  frabjous | 10/02/06
10.4.8 is not a security update.  doh123 | 09/30/06
Why waste time explaining?  MacGeek2121 | 10/02/06
Update Critical Flaws  blakedes | 10/01/06
worked flawlessly on mine-like always  MacGeek2121 | 10/02/06
Maybe then  Qbt | 10/05/06

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