Airport wiped out by security update

i figured i'd download and install the updates sitting in my software update queue, one of which was the Security Update 2006-007 (Power PC). among the things it states it improves the security for is Airport. after the download finished i restarted to find that my internet connection was absent. in addition my Airport indicator in the menu bar was greyed-out. however my network was still listed underneath and i selected it believing it would log back on to my network. nope. i've tried to run Airport Admin Utility, but it doesnt even see an Airport Base Station to talk to! (as an aside, i don't know how that is possible since i can obviously see my network under the Airport menu icon). i've also tried unplugging my Airport and internet connection to no avail.
the computer i have that is hardlined to the Airport can still get an internet connection so its nothing going awry with the internet or the Airport. its specifically something that got changed/updated on my laptop due to this "security" update. as well as not being able to connect to the internet, i also cannot access any other computer on my network from my laptop.
i'm sure that this will eventually get resolved, but my question is how can this happen? this is an apple-backed security update! and it wipes out my Airport connection? how is that possible? this does nothing for my confidence in keeping current with these security updates and installing them. which then makes me prone to potential holes in the future. i'm a web designer and macs and computers are hardly my weak suit. i can't imagine if this was happening to someone who just uses their computer to check their email or surf the internet, such as my dad. how confounding this must be to someone like that. you had the internet, updated your security, then you dont have the internet. makes no sense. its a total microsoft move.
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   Security Update 2006-007 (Power PC)

I feel your pain...while the update hasn't knocked out my Airport, I am now required to manually reconnect to the WAP after every wakeup! (I used to laugh at my wife having to do this on her iBook G4...now I'll have to wipe the smirk off my face.)
Here's the weird part: I can enter any hex string for the WEP key, and the connection will fail...but if I click "Try Again," the connection is established!
Some security...glad I've got MAC filtering enabled.
It will be interesting to see how long it will take for Apple to fix their fix.
--Brian
iBook G3/G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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