Comments on: Remote Denial of Service For OS X (Leopard) http://gigaom.com/apple/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/ Mon, 28 May 2012 13:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob Rudis http://gigaom.com/apple/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326797 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:48:29 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/27/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326797 @Nathaniel: read the article.

@Paul: Agreed, but you never know what you may run up against with a mobile Mac.

@Tim: It is only a mitigation step for users that feel they need some way to protect themselves. There are situations where this may be necessary.

]]> By: Tim http://gigaom.com/apple/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326796 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:59:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/27/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326796 If there was a vulnerability in the IPv4 code somewhere, would you also disable IPv4? There is a good reason IPv6 was created and it’s silly to suggest disabling it for most people, especially since most people don’t understand what IPv6 or IPv4 is.

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/apple/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326795 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:28:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/27/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326795 Unless you are on an IPv6 network I fail to see how this flaw could be exploited – no need to disable anything. Any home user will be using IPv4 to connect to the Internet so can sleep soundly.

]]> By: Nathaniel http://gigaom.com/apple/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326794 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:09:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/27/remote-denial-of-service-for-os-x-leopard/#comment-326794 So wait, a network problem that no security software would protect against is evidence that people should be slowing down their systems with security software that protects against other, non-existent attack vectors?

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