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Security Update 2006-002 is out

a security update is bittersweet. On one hand, it fixes problems. On the other, it reminds us that OS X has security flaws and undermines some of the things we've been telling PC users about how much more secure OS X is than windoze.

I for one am not even man. I'm pissed! Now i gotta restart.
 
Doctor Q said:
Reason #3 to vote negative: losing your nice big "uptime".
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It's a small price to pay for increased security.

Anyway, it's not like you have to reboot because your system froze up when downloading new virus definitions - LOL!
 
2nyRiggz said:
Will this happen every update....safari slows down then bam they hit us with the "HE"
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It almost always feels snappier after an update and then slows down like it always does - at least for me.

That's why I use Camino. No memory or CPU hogging and it is snappy all the time. If you want RSS, get either the free Vienna or the $20.00 NewsFire - my preference.
 
Anyone having dock problems since the install? My dock's gone crazy, won't change sizes, no mag, veryyy slow. Hmmmmmm.


EDIT: Another restart seemed to do it. Not sure why it was still laggy after the first one.
 
Screwed my Mac up... It got better.

After the update, I restarted and my PowerBook (1.25GHz, FW800) was screwed.

Just before it should have shown the log-in screen, I got a multi-lingual message to restart my computer (in English, French & Spanish, I think). Same thing after every restart. Not a very helpful message, if you ask me.

After a good cry (well, some swearing), I did some start-up trial and error and I discovered "safe mode" by holding down shift (how very Microshaft). The Mac started up fine. Then, thanks to the recently-installed Diablotin (just like the OS9 Extension Manager), I progressively disabled some kernel extensions (DoubleCommand, iScroll2, TiVoDesktop, Cisco VPN).

Sadly I wasn't very scientific, because I uninstalled DoubleCommand at the same time. It hadn't been working recently, so it was my top suspect. Then I installed the latest version. All other extensions are back on now and all is well once more.

I'm posting this in case it affects anyone else.

Phew!
 
rye9 said:
What's an arbitrary code execution and how would I know if one has been executed already on my iBook? Myspace.com has been acting funny so I fear that site may have caused this bc Apple.com says malicious sites can cause an arbitrary code execution.
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"Arbitrary code" just means that an attacker can get your mac to execute any code they want after a successful attack. A very common way to do this is through a "buffer overflow". A buffer is an intermediate place that is used to store something. Programs are written expecting that they will get input of a reasonable size. If the program is passed more data than will fill in the size of the buffer, it will overflow the buffer, writing over whatever follows the buffer in memory.

If an attacker knows that there is part of a program located next to the buffer, they can create very large input which will over-write the normal part of the OS X component, and will include their own program - fooling the program into executing their code.

How do you know when this has happened? There is no definitive way - that is why the (Microsoft-based) Virus checkers will look for a particular signature of damage on a Windows system. Without that on our Macs, we will not know for sure. But I think the risk is extremely low at this point.
 
interlard said:
After the update, I restarted and my PowerBook (1.25GHz, FW800) was screwed.

Just before it should have shown the log-in screen, I got a multi-lingual message to restart my computer (in English, French & Spanish, I think). Same thing after every restart. Not a very helpful message, if you ask me.

After a good cry (well, some swearing), I did some start-up trial and error and I discovered "safe mode" by holding down shift (how very Microshaft). The Mac started up fine. Then, thanks to the recently-installed Diablotin (just like the OS9 Extension Manager), I progressively disabled some kernel extensions (DoubleCommand, iScroll2, TiVoDesktop, Cisco VPN).

Sadly I wasn't very scientific, because I uninstalled DoubleCommand at the same time. It hadn't been working recently, so it was my top suspect. Then I installed the latest version. All other extensions are back on now and all is well once more.

I'm posting this in case it affects anyone else.

Phew!
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weird that you got a kernel panic, once i got one after installing a os update, mainly because I left my external hd, another fw & usb device connected. seems like you have it working now, though. :)

my update went very smooth, there was about 5-10 seconds wait to log in... and safari is snappier. ;)
 
Back up and on... No problems here....... Well atleast I dont think so, its my first mac (less than a week old) so not too sure on what to look for.

-J
 
I'm loosing my confidence on the mac platform these days.. don't get me wrong.. tiger on my ibook runs great.. but these :(
 
Pistol Pete said:
I know that ticks me off...come on people...
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Well...because the LAST security rendered my PowerMac unusable. They had to replace the logic board AND the power supply to get it to work.
 
The whine noise on my MBP is now reduced by about 30%. Also the noise doesn't come in an out when I type now. Its great.
 
powermac dual 1.8 working great, older g4/upgraded/scary collection thing working as well as it ever did... :rolleyes: haven't tried the beige desktop now living in a ATX case with the G3 upgrade card yet :eek:
 
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