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Adobe CS3 installer disables OSX firewall and doesn’t feel like re-enabling it when it’s done.

May 22, 2007 · 6 Comments

Adobe:

When you install Adobe Version Cue CS3 Server on Mac systems that have the Mac OS X personal firewall enabled, the installer turns off the firewall to correctly set up Version Cue Server but does not turn the firewall back on at the end. This creates a potential security vulnerability.

Just incredibly poor use case creation, coding and QA. I’m shocked nobody caught this in system testing or beta.

As DF says, astoundingly bad form.

Categories: Apple & OSX · Mac · Popular · Security · Software · Technology · Thoughts

6 responses so far ↓

  • Eric // May 22, 2007 at 10:46 am

    That’s Adobe for ya - doing their part to make life easier for pirates.

  • David Levine // May 22, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Version Cue is bloated shovelware anyway, am I right?

  • James Fryer // May 22, 2007 at 10:49 pm

    More proof that Abode is simply poop. Never have I given so much money, over so many years, for such lousy programs as Adobe. Really, it seems like they gave up after Photoshop.

  • Jeff Ventura // May 22, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    What’s interesting is how Microsoft is chasing Adobe’s lunch: Silverlight and Expression threaten much of Adobe’s core domain (Photoshop/photo editing notwithstanding). Does MSFT smell blood in the water or just want a piece of the design/media market?

  • James Fryer // May 23, 2007 at 9:16 am

    Oh, I don’t think Adobe is in danger of loosing their hold on the creative market anytime soon. MS has a long history of trying to move into new areas. I bet they get their panties in a bunch when they see a whole company running MS products… except for those ‘art’ types. Complete domination tastes a lot better then ‘almost’ complete domination.

  • David Levine // May 23, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    Yeah, PhotoShop is pretty great, and so is Illustrator. But has anyone tried using their licensing website? It’s a cure for sanity!

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