“CNET” (http://macte.ch/d8CxN) is reporting that Apple is letting security experts review Mac OS X Lion. A developer preview of the next major version of the operating system was released yesterday.
“I wanted to let you know that I’ve requested that you be invited to the prerelease seed of Mac OS X Lion, and you should receive an invitation soon,” said a letter sent by Apple to an unknown number of security researchers, according to “CNET.” “As you have reported Mac OS X security issues in the past, I thought that you might be interested in taking a look at this. It contains several improvements in the area of security countermeasures.”
Dino Dai Zovi and several other researchers tweeted about being invited to try out the prerelease version of the new Mac OS. “This looks to be a step in the direction of opening up a bit and inviting more dialogue with external researchers,” Dai Zovi told “CNET.” “I won’t be able to comment on it until its release, but hooray for free access!”