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Microsoftie to Apple: clean up your security act
Oh, the ironing is delicious (that's not a typo, folks, it is a reference). Microsoft security expert Stephen Toulouse tells Apple, in a recent post on his blog, that they need to get their act
together regarding security updates (something Microsoft knows a little about).Despite the fact that this would be the prefect setup for some Microsoft bashing, he has a point. Apple, why don't you list a security RSS feed on your RSS list? Hmm?
[via Paul Thurrott]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JB said 8:02AM on 3-23-2006
Hey it's not april fools... I think PT has drinken some kool aid over at redmond...
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wastern said 8:03AM on 3-23-2006
i think they should spend less time worrying about apple security and more time working on getting Vista released and making that and secure
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Christopher said 8:09AM on 3-23-2006
Huh, is this real, it's not 04/01 yet! ;-)
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AndyB said 8:10AM on 3-23-2006
You. Have.Got.To.Be. Kidding.
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tk said 8:19AM on 3-23-2006
You can subscribe to Security mailinglist at Apple Developer Connection. Also, RSS feed from the mailing list is available.
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mathboy said 8:35AM on 3-23-2006
Thanks for the Simpsons reference! Made me laugh this morning.
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Galen D. W. said 8:40AM on 3-23-2006
I'll bet they don't do an RSS feed because they have an excellent update system already in place that's built-in. I don't see what you would need the RSS feed for.
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PilD said 8:44AM on 3-23-2006
Ho hum...another week, another IE security issue:
http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183702066&subSection=Browsers
Less time blogging, more time getting their own house in order.
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icerabbit said 9:01AM on 3-23-2006
There is no RSS feed related to Apple security & update issues? Oh my god.
Like that is something we really actually have to worry about.
On critical systems you just install the update a few days later after checking a few sites for signs of issues. Not the most productive, but hey, that's what we have right now. So, he has a point.
But, I think there are less than a handful of updates where a revised update was needed. You have to put things in perspective. At MS they can start a full fledged news network about bugs, patches, vulnerabilities, etc.
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JC said 11:11AM on 3-23-2006
Wait?! Are you even allowed to say Microsoft and Security in the same sentence? "Won't that like, tear a hole in the universe?"
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Brian Ashe said 11:13AM on 3-23-2006
Yes, Apple could do better. *Anything* can be improved. However, this post deserves exactly one response: "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
Which would you rather have: a reliable car and a crappy mechanic, or a crappy car and a great mechanic? Thanks for your concern, Mr. Microsoftie, but I'll take my "No viruses in the wild in 5 years" OS over your swiss-cheese OS any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
PS: I can't believe he said "We work really hard to help ensure our updates are of a high quality so people can install them." There have been *plenty* of cases where MS updates broke stuff.
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Eric Eisenhart said 1:21PM on 3-23-2006
It's not conveniently listed with the main RSS feeds, but there is an RSS feed of security announcements:
http://rss.lists.apple.com/security-announce.rss
Conveniently listed on the "mailing lists" RSS feeds page:
http://rss.lists.apple.com/
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dogfriend said 2:51PM on 3-23-2006
A Microsoft employee lecturing Apple about security is like OJ Simpson lecturing a WEAVE convention about Domestic Violence.
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Wry Cooter said 8:40PM on 3-23-2006
all dude is probably trying to say is, is that the situation for OS X will get worse if you don't watch out, if market share increases, if more people are dual booting or using Windows apps on the same machine, and if more people are using intel macs, where buffer overflows and other holes, might show up differently.
Complacency is every bit as bad as paranoia.
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