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RE: Apple in a bind over its DNS patch? | News - Security - CNET News.com
by Decius at 12:22 am EDT, Jul 30, 2008

dc0de wrote:

Three weeks after the disclosure of a serious flaw within the Domain Name System (DNS), Apple has yet to patch its MAC OS X operating system, but the company may be able to look to a third party in defense.

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In an e-mail to CNET News, Mogull said "Apple may be stuck between a rock and a hard place on this one, but they've chosen the worst possible option--remaining silent."

Nameservice is a waste of a perfectly good mac, but if you insist, you could recompile bind from source. Most people should be more concerned about the state of their firewall.

RE: Apple in a bind over its DNS patch? | News - Security - CNET News.com


 
 
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