Re:IOHIDeous OS X Local Kernel Vulnerability
by apecat on Monday January 01, 2018 @04:15AM
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I'm a total non-engineer/developer, but I'm increasingly interested in what guys like you think about software QA as it relates to security.
Today's Apple does a lot of security posturing in hardware/platform architecture, like full disk encryption, the iOS device secure enclave thingie, the secure enclave's subsequent inclusion on touchbar Macbook Pros to control the webcam, iOS defaulting to non-networked sandboxing for third party keyboards, etc.
Do you think macOS/iOS development perhaps should slow down from a yearly release cycle to delay releases with continuous big reworking starting with XNU?
With a very rudimentary outsider perspective on QA, it just seems insane to keep pushing big OS changes yearly.
Today's Apple does a lot of security posturing in hardware/platform architecture, like full disk encryption, the iOS device secure enclave thingie, the secure enclave's subsequent inclusion on touchbar Macbook Pros to control the webcam, iOS defaulting to non-networked sandboxing for third party keyboards, etc.
Do you think macOS/iOS development perhaps should slow down from a yearly release cycle to delay releases with continuous big reworking starting with XNU?
With a very rudimentary outsider perspective on QA, it just seems insane to keep pushing big OS changes yearly.