Tom's Hardware Guide logo Tom's Hardware Guide 15 months ago

Apple patches DNS vulnerability, sort of

Cupertino (CA) Apple has issued a security patch that promises to fix a DNS vulnerability recently discovered by security researcher Dan Kaminsky, but it appears the fix doesnt actually fix anything. Full Article at Tom's Hardware Guide

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  1. The difficult news this morning is that we thought we were getting a patch, but we haven't gotten anything
    SOURCE: ComputerWorld 15 months ago
  2. Apple might have fixed some of the more important parts for servers, but is far from done yet as all the clients linked against a DNS client library still need to get the workaround for the protocol weakness
    SOURCE: Information Week 15 months ago
  3. So Apple might have fixed some of the more important parts for servers, but is far from done yet as all the clients linked against a DNS client library still need to get the workaround for the protocol weakness
    SOURCE: ComputerWorld 15 months ago
  4. Some commentators have criticized Apple for taking longer than other vendors in producing a fix -- but the most important thing is that a fix is now available
    SOURCE: Enterprise Security Today 15 months ago
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