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Apple to Fix Security Flaws in Jaguar

Apple released a statement today indicating that it would release fixes to potential security flaws in Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) revealed earlier this week. These potential flaws do not affect Panther (10.3) users.



Apple allays some concerns by stating: "Apple's policy is to quickly address significant vulnerabilities in past releases of Mac OS X wherever feasible".

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108 months ago

Originally posted by Macrumors
Apple released a statement today indicating that it would release fixes to potential security flaws revealed earlier this week.

Apple allays some concerns by stating: "Apple's policy is to quickly address significant vulnerabilities in past releases of Mac OS X wherever feasible".


So much for the conspiracy theories so wildly thrown about by @Stake, CNET, ZDNET and the rest that Apple was forcing a $129 upgrade on poor Mac users in order to fix security issues huh? Sorry guys, but your FUD has been disproven...yet again. Try writing the truth instead for a change. :rolleyes:
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108 months ago
what kind of feasible...

financial, technical, motivated....
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108 months ago
yeah i'm wondering what they mean by "feasible" also.
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108 months ago
What exactly are the holes?
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108 months ago
Though I already have Mac OS X v10.3, it's good to know Mac OS X v10.2 users will be all right too. Now we can stop complaining.
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108 months ago
And everyone doubted Apple even Tech Tv..ehehe
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108 months ago
All I can say is kudos for Apple :cool:
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108 months ago
They ain't Microsoft, so what did the press expect?
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108 months ago

Originally posted by Lancetx
So much for the conspiracy theories so wildly thrown about by @Stake, CNET, ZDNET and the rest that Apple was forcing a $129 upgrade on poor Mac users in order to fix security issues huh? Sorry guys, but your FUD has been disproven...yet again. Try writing the truth instead for a change. :rolleyes:


What we don't know is whether this is a change of heart or was the plan all along. It's quite possible that all the negative publicity made Apple realise that it had to keep updating the older versions.
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108 months ago

Originally posted by Knox
What we don't know is whether this is a change of heart or was the plan all along. It's quite possible that all the negative publicity made Apple realise that it had to keep updating the older versions.


At this point, does it matter? If they had a change of heart, then they learned a valuable lesson. If they planned all along to fix the vulnerabilities, then they still got the message from the customer base. So it's a win win no matter how you look at it.
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