At the risk of turning The Roundup into “All Safari, all the time,” here’s another sampling from the IT security blogosphere about Apple’s release of Safari for Windows.

Just hours after the release, researchers claimed numerous vulnerabilities within the browser, adding a new twist to Apple’s already strained relationship with the security community.

“Safari 3.0 is still in beta and beta software is expected to have bugs. Even after the final release, browsers with vulnerabilities have become more rule than exception. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox, and the existing version of Safari for OS X, regularly get patched to fix security vulnerabilities.

What it boils down to is this: The usual advice for safe computing remains the same. Don’t assume any software is inherently safe, regardless of how safe it purports to be. Software is written by humans, and humans do make mistakes, which can lead to vulnerabilities. Make sure you’re running up to date security software and install the latest security fixes from your software vendors.”
- Allysa Myers, McAfee Avert Labs Blog, “Safari for Windows is not a trojan horse”

“Probably the most interesting part of this is Dave Maynor’s reasons for going full disclosure. He doesn’t talk about it much on his blog, other than this little quip, ‘keeping with our disclosure policy, we do not report bugs to Apple.’ Apple has had a long history of bad dealings with security researchers, and they are now seeing a backlash amongst the security community. No surprises though, you get what you ask for. It pays not to make enemies in this business.”
- ha.ckers, “Sad day for Safari on Windows”

“So as everyone knows, Apple has released Safari 3 beta for OS X and Windows, and security researchers are already dropping flaws on it. I believe Apple has just caused the price of Safari zero days to increase about 1,000 percent by releasing it on Windows.”
- Security-Protocols, “Safari 3 beta released on Windows”