Re: [Fed-Talk] El Capitan no longer receiving Security Updates
Re: [Fed-Talk] El Capitan no longer receiving Security Updates
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] El Capitan no longer receiving Security Updates
- From: Bill Jackson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:49:03 -0700
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10.11.6 security update was released today.
Bill Jackson
SSCPAC
> On Oct 28, 2016, at 2:02 PM, Orndorff, Andrew (OST) <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> If you read the details of the most recent Apple macOS update announcement,
> some of the patches only apply to 10.12, and not to 10.11.6.
>
> So a safe assumption is that 10.11 - like iOS9 - is at the end of mainstream
> support.
>
> --
> Andrew R. Orndorff
> Associate CIO /
> Chief Information Security Officer
> Office of the Chief Information Officer
> U.S. Department of Transportation
> 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
> Rm E12-336
> Washington, DC 20590
> Phone: 202.366.9201
> E-mail: email@hidden
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trater, James R. [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 2:51 PM
> To: Downin, David M CIV NSWCCD West Bethesda, 893 <email@hidden>;
> email@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] El Capitan no longer receiving Security Updates
>
> I can't comment on the accuracy of that statement, but that looks like the
> text from a recent Nessus/tenable plugin that deems all versions of macOS <
> 10.12 as being vulnerable. The plugin is rated as having a critical severity,
> but it is completely unrealistic to expect a large enterprise to move all of
> their Macs to Sierra within one month from the release date.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/28/16, 2:41 PM, "fed-talk-bounces+traterjr=email@hidden on
> behalf of Downin, David M CIV NSWCCD West Bethesda, 893"
> <fed-talk-bounces+traterjr=email@hidden on behalf of
> email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I am being told by my IT department that....
>
> "Version 10.11 is not receiving security updates for the following. They
> are being provided in the upgrade to 10.12 or later:
> - apache
> - apache_mod_php
> - Apple HSSPI Support
> - AppleEFIRuntime
> - AppleMobileFileIntegrity
> - AppleUCC
> - Application Firewall
> - ATS
> - Audio
> - Bluetooth
> - cd9660
> - CFNetwork
> - CommonCrypto
> - CoreCrypto
> - CoreDisplay
> - curl
> - Date & Time Pref Pane
> - DiskArbitration
> - File Bookmark
> - FontParser
> - IDS - Connectivity
> - Intel Graphics Driver
> - IOAcceleratorFamily
> - IOThunderboltFamily
> - Kerberos v5 PAM module
> - Kernel
> - libarchive
> - libxml2
> - libxslt
> - mDNSResponder
> - NSSecureTextField
> - Perl
> - S2 Camera
> - Security
> - Terminal
> - WindowServer
>
> You will not be receiving the security updates on current version 10.11.6.
> "
>
> Is this true?
>
>
>
>
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