Was this legitimate, or an attempt to link to malware? There was no fresh text except the "Download" suggestion below the quote, which I didn't try.
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Brandon Smith wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: "wsheluk"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 3/31/06 10:59:07 AM > To: "littlesnitch-talk@obdev.at"<littlesnitch-talk@obdev.at> > Subject: Re: [Littlesnitch-talk] LittleSnitch_1.2.3beta3 > > Little Snitch Support wrote: > > Dear Little Snitch users! > > > > I would like to give some explanations regarding questions that where > > discussed in the littlesnitch-talk list lately. > > > > 1. Regarding the "Code Injection Alert" > > > > The term "Code Injection" refers to a technique that uses a Mac OS X > > security flaw to "inject" program code from one application into > > another. The consequence of this is, that if you allow application A > > to communicate with the internet, application B, who is not allowed to > > do so, could simply "inject" some code into application A and > > communicate "under app A's name", thus undermining Little Snitch. > > > > This security flaw has been addressed by Apple in the current release > > of Mac OS X for Intel processors. Apple restricted the possibilities > > of "code injection" and so made the system more secure. Unfortunately > > the PowerPC version of Mac OS X was not adopted now and still suffers > > from this security flaw. > > > > That's why we added functionality to Little Snitch in this current > > beta to intercept these attempts of "code injection". This makes the > > PowerPC platform more secure during the transition period, until Apple > > aligns the Mac OS versions for PowerPC and Intel processors. The new > > "Code Injection Alert" is an alert panel that allows the user to > > decide, whether he/she want's to allow app A to inject code into app B. > > > > During the first beta period we received response regarding several > > application that are using this "code injection" technique for their > > normal operation. Although these applications will not be able to do > > this that way in future Mac OS versions (or already now in Intel > > machines) and will have to be adopted anyway, we didn't want to make > > them unusable with our new "Code Injection Alert" now. > > > > That's why we decided to add a preference setting for it. In the > > current beta you can decide whether you want your system to behave the > > "new" way (only letting special applications do "cod > > [Message truncated. Tap Edit->Mark for Download to get remaining portion.] _______________________________________________ Littlesnitch-talk mailing list Littlesnitch-talk@obdev.at http://at.obdev.at/mailman/listinfo/littlesnitch-talk
