Re:No, *you* must be joking...or an Apple employee
Posted by: Joe Klemmer
on August 10, 2006 12:20 PM
Even *you* admit that at least ISS told them about it. They should've come up with a patch *RIGHT AWAY*, not wait a month and a half. When security vulnerabilities are discovered in open source software, they're generally fixed *THAT DAY*, not a month and a half (or more) later. That's proof right there that Apple could've fixed it, at least for their platform.
Ah, this reminds me of the day way back when the packet size bug was found in ping. The maintainer published a fix for the bug within 30 to 45 minutes of the exploits discovery. Then apologized for it taking so long to get the patch out. Think about how long it would take for a closed source vendor to make a fix like this.
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Re:No, *you* must be joking...or an Apple employee
Posted by: Joe Klemmer on August 10, 2006 12:20 PMAh, this reminds me of the day way back when the packet size bug was found in ping. The maintainer published a fix for the bug within 30 to 45 minutes of the exploits discovery. Then apologized for it taking so long to get the patch out. Think about how long it would take for a closed source vendor to make a fix like this.
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