From: Thomas Stromberg (tstrombe@indiana.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 05 2005 - 15:51:36 EDT
Todd Towles wrote:
> Nessus does work against Macs, the problem with testing Macs is they
> never released vulnerability statements..never. If a hole is found,
> Apple releases a patch and no ones says anything. If Microsoft did
> this..everyone would go crazy.
See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
You will find a list of what components each patch affects, along with
the CVE ID. Heck, they even give credit to the discoverers of each
exploit. While I can't say for sure that they have never snuck patches
in for unrelated issues, I've found it a worthwhile resource.
-- // Thomas Stromberg, 812.855.8450 // UNIX Coordinator, Chemistry IT Group // Indiana University Bloomington
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