![]() ![]() Actually I don't know that this will be true: In the past Apple has allowed licenses from one rev past to work on the next, but no further. And yes, if you had a license for 5 then apparently you'll require a new license for 6. Tough boogers - if you want all of the goodies the basic player is free but the Pro will cost money. Oh, and yeah, the "Pro" version will require a license. Also that the server is free, open source, so far requires no licensing (we'll see what comes of the Mpeg 4 talks) and supports unlimited streams. It can interoperate with Java and seems a team player with other applications.īest feature? That anywhere there is support for Quicktime there's now Mpeg 4 along with all of the other QT6 codecs, file formats, etc. It speaks virtually everything out there, includes Apple's licensed Soronson codec as well as the first full implementation of Mpeg4 ("Divx :-)" and others are partials.) SMIL is there, RTSP streaming, basic editing, even Flash 5 & Jpeg2000. The interface is no worse then any other player's out there, the functionality is the greatest. Various speed machines running a couple permutations of Win9x & NT-derivatives, MacOS & MacOS X it runs decently on all of them. Again, it's likely to get polished before release but on the couple of Mac & PC platforms I've tried this on it works fine. Wait for a release candidate before commenting on them, for now the issue is basic functioniality. those are all the *last* to be addressed in a development cycle. Oh, and here are the previous batch of security updates apple has failed to disclose:įirst off this is a "Technology Preview" - NOT a final finished shipping product! Speed, load, memory, etc. What IT team installs itunes+quicktime is asking for headaches.Īn Example: Why is Qtime taking over tiff viewing if it cannot handle this function properly! Try and view multi-page images on the site! They can't. Should be secure from most common vulnerabilities.ħ. Should have a non-intrusive update application.Ħ. ![]() Not Take over permissions of other applications without detailed warning and using the most simple of interfaces.ĥ. Not Spew their icons all over my desktop.Ĥ. Media applications should, in my opinion:ġ. It's size is not only many times what one would expect from a media application, it does far more than one would like from such an application. Apple, which doesn't have a regular patching schedule like Microsoft, patched the application for at least the sixth time earlier this month, fixing 11 vulnerabilities.Īdvertisement: Learn about storing and securing your data before disaster strikes.It is bloatware. QuickTime has proved to be one of the more porous applications. The company did not respond to a request for comment. Petkov said Monday that he has notified Apple of the problem. The demonstration is repeated on a PC running Windows Vista inside a virtual machine.Īttacking vulnerabilities in applications is becoming increasingly favored by hackers, as finding problems in operating systems becomes increasingly harder, said Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute, last week at the Infosec conference in London. If a user opens the malicious file, Petkov then has control of the PC, demonstrated by the way the applications Paint, Calculator and Notepad are seen launching, apparently without further user intervention. In a video with a thumping techno beat, Petkov shows a QuickTime file sitting on the desktop of a PC running XP SP2. "I haven't shared the details with anyone, and the actual vulnerability is different enough to be rather challenging for even some of the most gifted hackers out there." "I highly doubt that anyone knows how to exploit this vulnerability," Petkov said. Petkov doesn't think users are in danger of being attacked as of yet. Petkov, known to the hacking community as "pdp." When a user opens the file, which can be hosted on a Web site, the vulnerability in QuickTime allows the hacker to take complete control of the machine, according to Petko D. — - A security think tank says it has found a vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime multimedia player that can be exploited remotely to compromise Windows Vista PCs upgraded to Service Pack 1, as well as XP SP2.įrom the scant details published on the GNUCitizen's blog, the exploit involves a maliciously crafted media file. ![]()
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