![]() ![]() ![]() This new bug in Mountain Lion essentially erases all those settings without any warning to the user, and the only way to fix it is to manually re-enter them again. ![]() Daylite allows users to host their own instance of their database as a server and synchronize that data to multiple Macs and iOS devices, but in order to do this, specific ports must be enabled in the Airport device that handles routing from whatever machine hosts the database. This issue was discovered because many small businesses and consulting groups use Daylite (a MarketCircle product) as their main CRM tool to manage their clients and schedules. This is counter-intuitive, although it is something we have seen on multiple Airports.” “If you add a non-standard port forward and do not complete all four fields (Internal/External UDP/TCP) then the settings will not save. Matthew Bookspan at Blacktip IT Services notes: The firmware of the Airport device appears to be irrelevant. System admins may find it useful to still keep a machine running a copy of Lion and Airport Utility 5.6 on hand, as the bug does not occur with this software. An email thread among several of MarketCircle ‘s partners has concluded that this bug occurs only in the latest version of Airport Utility running on Mountain Lion, and can occur more easily in conjunction with Mountain Lion Server, as the Server utilities are often used to handle port forwarding. Apple + Security News Port Forwarding Bug in the Latest Version of Apple’s Airport UtilityĪ specific but potentially far-reaching bug has been found in the latest version of Airport Utility that can affect users who rely on specific port forwarding to manage remote access or security features on their networks. ![]()
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