We are pretty psyched about the changes brought by Security Update 2008-002. Amongst diverse patches for the likes of AFP Client, Apache, Emacs, and mDNSResponder we also get wonderful improvements such as an updating of the German translation for the firewall. Here’s das skinny:
The “Set access for specific services and applications” radio button of the Application Firewall preference pane was translated into German as “Zugriff auf bestimmte Dienste und Programme festlegen”, which is “Set access to specific services and applications”. This might lead a user to believe that the listed services were the only ones that would be permitted to accept incoming connections. This update addresses the issue by changing the German text to semantically match the English text. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.5.Excellent. This isn’t the first time that Apple’s changed the text in the firewall system preferences pane; they updated the English back in 10.5.1 as well.
If you’re looking to grab the download, it’s available via Apple’s download site or Software Update in multiple flavors of security deliciousness.
