So does this mean those of us with Apple machines and apple wireless
cards are safe?

Wednesday, August 9, 20065:05 PMLee Larsonleelarson at mac.com

>On Aug 9, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Jane Blake Acree asked:
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>> Have to wonder about this third-party wireless card they used.
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>> What do you think, Lee?
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>A lot of third-party drivers are buggy. It's unfortunate in this case  
>that the headlines made it sound like an Apple problem. Apple is  
>asking for such coverage with the hubris shown in its Mac dude versus  
>Windows dork ad campaign.
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>Here's the way a lot of the third-party drivers for devices get written:
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>Company A makes a new whatzit gadget based on a new whatzit chip from  
>Company B. Company C knows there will be many companies making  
>whatzits based on the chips from Company B, so they write a generic  
>driver program for the chip and sell customized versions of it to  
>Compaany A and Company A's competitors. This could mean almost every  
>whatzit out there is using the code from Company C.
>
>Now, suppose there's a bug in the whatzit code from Company C, or the  
>chip from Company B has a weakness. An exploit may work on most  
>whatzits.
>
>This exact thing happened last year to companies using BroadComm  
>Ethernet controller chips and some years before that to Intel on its  
>original EEPRo100 Ethernet cards.
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