[Am-info] Security Researcher Claims Apple Update Vulnerable

[Eric M. Hopper]

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 01:03, Mitch Stone wrote:
> Yes. Apple posted a security update last week. The vulnerability was 
> mainly theoretical, anyway.

I really dislike the characterization of vulnerabilities in this
fashion.  There have been several Linux and Windows vulnerabilities that
various researchers or corporate PR people have described as 'mainly
theoretical' that had nasty exploits out in the wild a week later.

Have fun (if at all possible),
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