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Ms should release one last security patch for XP, even pirate copies: a firewall that kills every protocol except HTTP/HTTPS and email. Close all the ports.
by Pxtl 10y ago
Ms should release one last security patch for XP, even pirate copies: a firewall that kills every protocol except HTTP/HTTPS and email. Close all the ports.
- lexicality 10y agoI'm pretty sure remotely disabling computers is covered under the computer misuse act in the UK and every similar law in all countries that have them.
- Natanael_L 10y agoTunneling still works
- supergreg 10y agoPirates don't install security patches.
- fredley 10y agoNeither does the NHS
- stuartd 10y agoThere was no patch for XP until today, so how could they?
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoXP has been out of support for over three years. Continuing to use it is gross negligence. It was only a matter of time until something like this happened.
- murkle 10y ago2 years for NHS, but your point stands :) http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2406304/windows-xp-government-support-deal-ends-leaving-pcs-open-to-attack http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2406304/windows-xp-government...
- ageofwant 10y agoYes. Gross negligence from gov for under funding a core government service.
- xorxornop 10y agoQuite intentionally, too. One of their parties is looking jealously at the cashflow that a US-style system might provide them. At the cost of everyone else, sure, but what's that to the allure of profit?
- twelvedogs 10y agothat's not really true, windows update has been working fine for pirated copies of windows for ages since creating spam-bots hurts everyone and doesn't really sell more real copies of windows
- Godel_unicode 10y agoNo DNS huh? NTP? Outgoing ssh? Http{s} to high number ports? Outgoing RDP? ...see the problem?
- Piskvorrr 9y agoOh, you mean like GWX was for Win7+? "Hello, we tried to upgrade your computer to WinX, your computer is now an expensive brick." Yeah, that's a great idea.