Leopard upgrade hits Mac firewall - BetaONE will rise again!

Thread Tools

Display Modes

31st Oct 07, 07:53 PM

NewsBot

Senior Member

Join Date: Oct 2004

Posts: 31,630

Leopard upgrade hits Mac firewall

*Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7071017.stm)*
________
Upgrading to the latest version of Apple's operating system, might make a Mac less secure, say experts.

A test of Leopard revealed that installing it led to the firewall on a Mac being turned off and its default setting changed to leave it disabled.

More...

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts vB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads

Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Apple sells 2M copies of Mac OS X Leopard in first weekend	NewsBot	NeoWin News	0	30th Oct 07 03:40 PM
Apple's Leopard rejects latest version of Java	Alpine	BetaONE News	0	29th Oct 07 12:58 PM
A Leopard ate my Mac	Alpine	BetaONE News	0	29th Oct 07 12:05 PM
Apple Mac OS X Leopard Launch Impressions @ HardwareZone	NewsBot	DriverHeaven News	0	28th Oct 07 06:02 PM
Apple Releases Security Update 2005-001 for Mac OS X	NewsBot	NeoWin News	0	27th Jan 05 09:00 AM

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:48 AM.