OSX and iOS bug breaks SSL

Question

This type of massive security lapse by Apple does make me question why I've been going to all the hassle and expense of running an OSX, SSL only, family email server for the last few years.
http://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/details-about-apple-ssl-vulnerability-and-ios-70 6-patch/index.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/21/apple_patches_ios_ssl_vulnerability/
IOS update available but no OSX update yet.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6147

Answer 1

Here is a simple shell script that will automate this for you. Copy the conent into a file named wififixer.sh (as an example). The from a terminal window you can run it as:
$ sh wififixer.sh
The code:
#!/bin/sh
# This code is being released to Public Domain.
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
# SUCH DAMAGE.
# The purpose of this program script is to find the default gateway
# and continuously ping it every 15 seconds, in order to workaround
# Apple's BUG in their Wifi (AES) framework/driver, where Wifi
# connectivity is lost without continuous packet exchange.
# This BUG has been persistent in iOS 6 onward. It was also introduced
# with release of MacOS Mavericks 10.9.x.
# Reference: https://discussions.apple.com/message/24119041#24119041
# Find out IPv4 default gateway in route table.
gw=`netstat -rnfinet | grep default | awk '{print $2}'`
# If not found in route table, print message and exit.
test -z "${gw}" && echo "No (default) Gateway found." && exit 1
# ping the gateway every 15 seconds
ping -i 15 ${gw}