This isn’t InDesign news, but many of us are now installing InDesign as part of the newly released Adobe Creative Suite 3. The default installation of the Suite installs Version Cue CS3, a utility for creating and managing file versions.
During the install, in Mac OS X systems which have the personal firewall enabled, the installer turns off the firewall to properly set up the ports it needs to set up the Version Cue Server. However, the installer doesn’t turn the firewall back on. Adobe has identified this as a potential security vulnerability, and has issued an advisory.
Adobe recommends manually turning the personal firewall in Mac OS X back on using these steps:
(1) In the Finder, choose Apple > System Preferences.
(2) Click the Sharing icon, then then click the Firewall tab.
(3) Click Start.
Thanks to Jay Nelson for tracking this and publishing it in an email to subscribers to his excellent Design Tools Monthly.
This article was last modified on December 18, 2021
This article was first published on May 19, 2007
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