Dan Kaminsky of IOActive reported vulnerabilities in Bonjour (for Windows) in July, on Tuesday Apple released Bonjour 1.0.5 that includes a patch to fix these vulnerabilities,  these releases included a patch for the iPod touch. You will find the new patches within iTunes 8.0 and by accessing the (patch) download from Apple Software Downloads.

mDNSResponder 1

This Patch is for Windows Vista, XP SP2, SP3, 2003, and 2000 (which were directly affected). Apparently the patch is in refernece to CVE-2008-2326 - it is a null pointer reference issue. Apple says that patch will fix the problem with the Bonjour Namespace Providers, some crashes and premature application termination were triggered by the maliciously crafted “.local” domain names which deliberately used a long DNS label. The issue has not affected systems using the Mac OS X.

mDNSResponder 2

This patch is for Windows Vista, XP SP2, SP3, 2003, and 2000. Apparently this patch and update is in accordance and for a vulnerability which was detailed within CVE-2008-3635.

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Logitech has just released a MAc version of its popular diNovo Edge keyboard which they have been manufacturing for the PC for some time. It is the first diNovo keyboard designed specifically for the Mac.

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