Re: Graphic converter query - transparency

On 2008-08-03 09:23:58 +0100, Ian McCall <ian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> On 2008-08-03 06:56:49 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> 
>> On 2008-08-03 04:01:47 +0100, real-address-in-sig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
>> (Rowland McDonnell) said:
>> 
>>> Shame that this update doesn't actually fix the DNS lookup problem -
>>> unless you're running MacOS X *server* 10.4 or 10.5.
>>> 
>>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/01/osx_still_vulnerable/>
>> 
>> Right, which are really the only machines which would be running named 
>> and thus vulnerable.
> 
> I run DNS on a client. It just serves my home LAN so it's not going to 
> get spoofed, but even so.

Most people run DNS on a client. You're running named as well?

I haven't worked out yet whether DNS forwarders in home routers need 
fixing in general, or not.

> 
>> Still, it is a bit silly of Apple to put different patches on the 
>> client and server.
> 
> It is indeed. Wonder why? You'd have thought it would actually be 
> easier for them to have both the same. Suggests a cock-up to me 
> somewhere rather than this being by design.

Yes, it does a bit. Someone mentioned the change impacting performance, 
but from what I've read the performance issue is only when you're 
handling 10s of 1000s of requests per second.

Do Apple's security updates get published to their open source pages?

Cheers,

Chris