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To: Hodar

So that makes it illegitimate?

The exploit was there and they got in.

But with any Apple issue, it’s everyone fault but Apple’s.


17 posted on 03/10/2011 2:23:04 PM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: VanDeKoik
But with any Apple issue, it’s everyone fault but Apple’s.

Never said it wasn't Apple's fault. That is you, projecting on me. I said (please read this slowly, out loud if you have to)

The title is misleading. The Mac was NOT cracked from scratch in 5 seconds. A team of 3 engineers worked 2 weeks to reverse-engineer the Webkit. Then wrote custom software to export various stages the Webkit engine went through, to find an exploit. Then they developed an application, using this (non-exported and typically not available data) exploit to break the flaw.

The title implies that a hacker cracked the Mac in 5 seconds - no mention of the 2 weeks a small team of engineers spent in preparation. The fact is, that the Mac took over 2 weeks to crack.

Bottom line, yes - there is a security flaw in the Mac OS. And I believe that Apple already has a patch released to fix this. This was a nice job by the team - but goes to show you what lengths they had to go to, in order to find this flaw.

44 posted on 03/11/2011 6:32:21 AM PST by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: VanDeKoik
But with any Apple issue, it’s everyone fault but Apple’s.

Never said it wasn't Apple's fault. That is you, projecting on me. I said (please read this slowly, out loud if you have to)

The title is misleading. The Mac was NOT cracked from scratch in 5 seconds. A team of 3 engineers worked 2 weeks to reverse-engineer the Webkit. Then wrote custom software to export various stages the Webkit engine went through, to find an exploit. Then they developed an application, using this (non-exported and typically not available data) exploit to break the flaw.

The title implies that a hacker cracked the Mac in 5 seconds - no mention of the 2 weeks a small team of engineers spent in preparation. The fact is, that the Mac took over 2 weeks to crack.

Bottom line, yes - there is a security flaw in the Mac OS. And I believe that Apple already has a patch released to fix this. This was a nice job by the team - but goes to show you what lengths they had to go to, in order to find this flaw.

45 posted on 03/11/2011 6:32:30 AM PST by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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