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- duckyinc, on 05/31/2008, -12/+178Apple Patches stuff.. why is this even news?!
- Braxo, on 05/31/2008, -10/+130Every Mac update usually patches security flaws, it has always been that way.
Why does this get different attention? - gtluke, on 05/31/2008, -14/+79if this was a microsoft announcement the digg headline would be:
BREAKING! MICROSOFT ADMITS TO 40 SECURITY HOLES! - AboveandBeyond, on 05/31/2008, -4/+53didn't you read? it says apple
- jp12380, on 05/31/2008, -131/+179But I thought OS X was super secure?
- hmunkey, on 05/31/2008, -11/+56Why is this on the front page? Was it some Apple fanboy who wanted to show off? Or a Windows/Linux fanboy who wanted to degrade Macs?
Either way this isn't really important, you get the download notification. - Maxpower57, on 05/31/2008, -4/+37Too bad its always the 41st security hole that screws people over
- Braxo, on 05/31/2008, -14/+41I did a quick google of Apple's security updates, here is a link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
Shows all the security updates SINCE 2003. So there have been security flaws since the beginning of the operating system, yet none have been exploited yet?
I'd say it is a pretty secure operating system. - Nenb, on 05/31/2008, -29/+53I hope you are ironic. Judging by your tone a more secure operating system is the one with less security patches which certainly is not true.
The forty updates include fixed for software supplied by:
• Adobe
• Apache
• CUPS
• Mongrel Ruby
It is not all Apple. - flashback99, on 05/31/2008, -2/+25***** this, use windows, use mac, use linux, be ***** smug with what you use and stop trying to compete for the world douche awards.
- SSUK, on 05/31/2008, -6/+26Spoiler: A Mac IS a PC.
- arturoimaz, on 05/31/2008, -5/+24last week top 10 diggs was "Apple buys two light bulbs for entrance".
- inkswamp, on 05/31/2008, -14/+33Those of you making snarky comments about how you thought Macs were supposed to be perfect are revealing a certain level of ignorance with your strawman argument. Having security holes doesn't mean OS X isn't secure. See, here's where OS X's basic design differs from Windows. Apple wisely avoided the pitfalls that opened Windows up to the rapid spread of viruses by making all unnecessary services *OFF* by default. OS X also has a lot of built-in measures to stop people from taking advantage of security holes like tagged downloading of applications (a system that watches very closely what gets downloaded and run on your computer and alerts you before it runs for the first time), more robust firewall features that watch for malware-like activity and application sandboxing to prevent hackers from targeting program-specific vulnerabilities, and address space layout randomization. Apple also avoids some of the dumb decisions MS did in the past like automatically opening attachments in email, leaving ports open by default, sloppy programming resulting in buffer overflows, giving user accounts admin-like privileges, etc.
So yeah, OS X has security holes. Nobody is claiming otherwise, but before you go making smart-ass comments about it, ask yourself why there hasn't been a virus outbreak yet. There are reasons for it (and no, it's not all market share. That overly simplistic argument has been debunked so thoroughly by now that it's hardly worth mentioning.) - knightboat, on 05/31/2008, -0/+16*Your
- cgrado, on 05/31/2008, -6/+21Wait.. you saying you've never seen a PC-fanboy before? Wow... you need to get around more.
- DephexTwin, on 05/31/2008, -11/+24That's like seeing an article like "Donald Trump opens up a new business venture" and saying, "But I thought he was super rich already!"
Patches are how you stay super secure! - mentor972, on 05/31/2008, -8/+20Extra Super Secure Now.
- swordphish, on 05/31/2008, -1/+12Irony: I bought my new MacBook and Mac Pro with money earned from servicing Windows machines.
I guess I can't say Microsoft is good for nothing - I'd probably be homeless if it weren't for their incompetence. |-P - superkendall, on 05/31/2008, -2/+12Why? Vista has security patches every week and you don't see those on the front page.
- xGORDOx, on 05/31/2008, -11/+21Flaming is what Digg is.
I this was a Vista story it would have 800 diggs by now. - Asphyxia8489, on 05/31/2008, -7/+17What I dont understand is why Apple are having to patch Adobe Flash just because the retarded asses at Adobe dont have a clue what they're doing with it as most of the coding was done by a different company initially.
- inactive, on 05/31/2008, -4/+14When one focuses on security first and the other focuses on retaining bugs that allow backwards compatibility (mainly due to the fact that they also force upgrades of their main operating system), the security focused OS will have less bugs.
- KMartSheriff, on 05/31/2008, -0/+10Hell yeah! Man that was a great story....
- unluckier, on 05/31/2008, -0/+9Apple distributes Flash with their operating system. It's their responsibility to redistribute patches.
- FKnight, on 05/31/2008, -5/+14Unless it's Windows, right? In the case of Windows, patches show "just how bad Windows is"
- Nenb, on 05/31/2008, -1/+10There are no automated robot burglars (yet). Therefore your house is secure. Networks (the internet in particular) is teeming with automated software exploiting security holes. Until there are automated burglars your house can not be compared to your computer.
- TheWindBlows, on 05/31/2008, -0/+8linux uses CUPS.
- superkendall, on 05/31/2008, -2/+10The month thing was lame - in a month they found only one OS X vulnerability, the rest were in third party apps that don't even ship with the OS!
- threemagic, on 05/31/2008, -1/+9First: Linux servers power most web servers of the world. They are not exploited as much as Windows and yet, they are open to the world and easily found. Why? Security and obscurity are mutally exclusive even if one can help a subset of another.
Second: they've been targeted, ALL the major AV companies are trying. The first one that does it will sell AV to the millions of Mac users. That's a lot of incentive.
Third: ALL OS have vulnerabilities, it's how easy and what you can do with those vulnerabilities that matter. My browser will not allow someone to alter my desktop picture to an active x based porn transporter. - superkendall, on 05/31/2008, -3/+11What a stupid headline. This is part of a huge bugfix patch where fixing a few security holes is just one small part of the update - they also did things like fix issues people had with Spaces.
- SSUK, on 05/31/2008, -2/+10Stop talking. Just, stop.
- knightboat, on 05/31/2008, -0/+8You don't understand the difference between the terms vulnerability, exploit and virus.
There are still no viruses for OSX. There are trojans that work by social engineering and vulnerabilities that may can become exploits in the hands of a skilled user, but there are no viruses. It'll happen one day, no doubt, but don't conjecture explanations for the appearance of viruses that don't actually exist. - inactive, on 05/31/2008, -2/+10Hey, I'm not sad!
- UrsaMare, on 06/01/2008, -0/+82 OS's, one CUPS.
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all weekend. Tip your waitress... then stand her back up again. - justusbruns, on 05/31/2008, -11/+18Why isn't there something like a pc-fanboy?
- BZKyle, on 05/31/2008, -3/+10Gee thanks, captain obvious.
- fmorel90, on 05/31/2008, -0/+7*face palm*
People in general are stupid. bsonline's post was dripping with sarcasm. - Enron, on 05/31/2008, -3/+10I'll show you a GAPING VULNERABILITY for any browser.
It's called goatse. - gsnedders, on 05/31/2008, -7/+14CUPS is owned by Apple, now.
- laelfrog, on 05/31/2008, -1/+7I think the only time I use it is in development fixing css issues.
- Asphyxia8489, on 05/31/2008, -1/+7Oh no, MACs dont have security flaws, because thats a tiny piece of code that sits on every networking device you have.
a Mac however will have security flaws because nothing is perfect. Most notably, Windows - FKnight, on 05/31/2008, -4/+10Just remember everyone:
When Apple releases security fixes, it's a testament to the high level of seriousness Apple takes security in their product, and their product being "secure" out of the box includes the patching mechanism.
When Microsoft releases security fixes, it only shows how much Microsoft sucks.
As long as we keep our double standards straight, everything will be fine. - MacParrot, on 05/31/2008, -0/+6@endus
Maybe you should have read what he said instead of just mindlessly dismissing it.
@inkswamp
Microsoft isn't dumb. They looked at the market and made a smart business decision. Apple could have done the same but decided to to try and keep it all in house. That almost cost them everything in the 90s. Apple did however make one brilliant move that Microsoft will eventually have to make as well. They dropped their legacy OS (OS 7-9) and started from scratch. - Jexie, on 05/31/2008, -7/+12If this was an MS announcement it would not have been news at all.
- MacParrot, on 05/31/2008, -1/+6Good point except Apple never said that. All they essentially said was that none of the current exploits for Windows will work against a Mac.
Advertising is rarely about the actual product but selling a brand. Microsoft had there "Where do you want to go today?" ads. Apple has their Mac/PC commercials. I take neither of them very seriously - makis, on 05/31/2008, -0/+540 patches, 420 MB download size.seriously, WTF?
- Ovalteen, on 05/31/2008, -18/+23It is. It's super secure in its own self-confidence.
- norman619, on 05/31/2008, -5/+10Zip up. Your envy and fanboy are showing again...
- inactive, on 05/31/2008, -4/+9Dugg and typed from a G5 tower. iking Apple != being slavish mindless fan.
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