Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw By Ryan Naraine -- Web search powerhouse Google has acknowledged and patched a security vulnerability in its desktop search utility that opens the doors for man-in-the-middle data leak attacks.
Not much to say about this. A problem was found, and Google went "oops, our bad" and fixed it.
Any software can be flawed; people write software and people are not perfect, so neither is software. What we must pay attention to is how the flaws are handled by the software provider. To my understanding, Google has been swift in producing this patch, and it is installed without any action from the user. Good stuff :)
12/20/04: Google Desktop Search Vulnerability
Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw By Ryan Naraine -- Web search powerhouse Google has acknowledged and patched a security vulnerability in its desktop search utility that opens the doors for man-in-the-middle data leak attacks.
Not much to say about this. A problem was found, and Google went "oops, our bad" and fixed it. Any software can be flawed; people write software and people are not perfect, so neither is software. What we must pay attention to is how the flaws are handled by the software provider. To my understanding, Google has been swift in producing this patch, and it is installed without any action from the user. Good stuff :)