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Macman

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ignore it, he was given a user account on the mac, it was the equivalent of using apple remote desktop, and apple addresses a possible vulnerability/security hole in the man page "printf". this situation is just misleading journalism.
you know I am on top of things. ;)
 
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exactly its a loads of pap!
 
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well well, there is now a serious version of this challenge which can be found at
http://test.doit.wisc.edu/
I personally believe apple should test their systems this way to know what security holes there may be.
 
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whew i was scared for a second
 

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