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Do not use Software Update to...
FWIW I just use "Software Update" to notify me of available updates and then go get them for Apple's site. Yes, I have to wait a few days for the downloads to be available but except in rare circumstances the update is not necessary to install immediately. Unfortunately, that isn't much more secure (if at all) than using Software Update. This problem hinges on DNS poisoning. If I go to all the trouble to get your machine to think my IP address is apple.com, it wouldn't be much more work to copy the apple.com website and place my tainted binaries in the download section.
DNS Poisoning is not a show stopper
DNS Poisoning is a problem but it does not have to be a show stopper since you can avoiding DNS poisoning hacks and verify that the pages and downloads are coming from the correct machine, by bypassing DNS and using the valid IP#s. |
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