Apple Computer said Friday that it plans to issue an update to older versions of Mac OS X to fix security flaws that were patched as part of the new Panther OS.
Apple released updates for the Panther and Jaguar versions of Mac OS X that fix security issues in the operating systems' printing, mail and encryption capabilities, as well as a critical vulnerability in the handling of Web addresses.
A headline like that is bound to draw the ire of the Macintosh faithful. After all, since Microsoft, which can marshal its forces and target competitors at will with lethal precision, hasn't finished-off Apple after all these years (and I'm not saying that this was necessarily a Redmond goal), how on earth can an operating system like Linux spell trouble for Apple?
Apple Computer on Tuesday released a security patch for Mac OS X version 10.3, or Panther. The company said that Security Update 2003-11-04 "addresses a potential vulnerability with the Terminal application in Mac OS X v10.3 and Mac OS X Server v10.3 that could allow unauthorised access to a system."
Apple Computer this week issued a security update for the recently released Mac OS X, Panther, and for the preceding operating system, Jaguar.
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