Re: R7-0015: Multiple Vulnerabilities Apple QuickTime/Darwin Streaming Server

[Jim Duncan <jnduncan () cisco com>]

security snot writes:
> How are denial of service attacks against a media server security issues?
>
> It looks great and all, in an advisory format, but how are those issues
> security related?
>
> Performance != security

I respectfully disagree.  Security is about making sure systems operate
correctly, typically described in terms of confidentiality, integrity,
and availability.  Denial of service is an attack against availability.
Quite a few business missions depend on the timely, accurate delivery of
information, whether it's movies or medical data.  Vulnerabilities in
media services clearly are germane to this mailing list.

        Jim



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