Apple's Leopard rejects latest version of Java

FYI…

- http://www.theregister.com/2007/10/29/no_java_for_leopard/
29 October 2007 - "…Leopard may have 300 new features, but it is unable to run Java 1.6, even though that same version is available for both Windows and Linux. That has taken some Mac users by surprise, including some on this user forum* on Apple's website…"

* http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t…49&tstart=0

FYI…

Possible Faults in Mac OS X Leopard Application-Based Firewall
- http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#possible_faults_in_mac_os
November 5, 2007 - "US-CERT is aware of reports of possible flaws in the Application-Based Firewall in Mac OS X Leopard. According to these reports, users may be misinformed of the status of their firewall rule set, thus placing users with listening network services at an increased risk. Users are urged to exercise caution when relying on the firewall rules for access control…"

Also:
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Nov/0147.html

FYI…

Mac OS X Leopard Firewall Changes
> http://www.us-cert.gov/current/#possible_faults_in_mac_os
November 15, 2007
"…Apple has published Mac OS X v10.5.1 Update* to address this issue…"

* http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php?sh…st&p=415991