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author | Kevin <kevinsisco61784@gmail.com> | 2014-04-16 11:12:28 -0400 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?)
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[67.82.16.19]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id + 1sm43947926qav.34.2014.04.16.08.12.31 + for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> + (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); + Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:12:31 -0700 (PDT) +Message-ID: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> +Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:12:28 -0400 +From: Kevin <kevinsisco61784@gmail.com> +User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; + rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 +MIME-Version: 1.0 +To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +References: <CA+s+GJDdENtqQt1f+L5htuuyPxUxsq0prLQFBLirTjJz0nG1gw@mail.gmail.com> +In-Reply-To: <CA+s+GJDdENtqQt1f+L5htuuyPxUxsq0prLQFBLirTjJz0nG1gw@mail.gmail.com> +Content-Type: multipart/alternative; + boundary="------------050306020706060401000202" +X-Spam-Score: -0.3 (/) +X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. + See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. + -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for + sender-domain + 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider + (kevinsisco61784[at]gmail.com) + -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record + 0.2 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends in + digit (kevinsisco61784[at]gmail.com) + 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message + -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from + author's domain + 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, + not necessarily valid + -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature +X-Headers-End: 1WaRVu-0008EY-Aq +Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in + Windows XP (or drop support?) +X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 +Precedence: list +List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net> +List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, + <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> +List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development> +List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> +List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> +List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, + <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> +X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:12:39 -0000 + +This is a multi-part message in MIME format. +--------------050306020706060401000202 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit + +On 4/16/2014 4:14 AM, Wladimir wrote: +> Hello, +> +> Today I noticed that even my bank is warning people to not do internet +> banking with Windows XP. +> +> If it is no longer secure enough for online banking it's CERTAINLY not +> secure enough to run a wallet (for a node only it would be ok-ish as +> they have no keys to protect). +> +> Any opinions on what to do here? Just warn and allow the user to +> continue? Redirect them to a 'Windows XP is dangerous' message on +> bitcoin.org <http://bitcoin.org>? (Microsoft uses +> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help) +> +> The drawback of dropping XP support completely would be that a lot of +> computers (especially in China and Russia etc) are still running XP, +> so this could cause the network to lose nodes. +> +> If you're maintainer of other wallet software: how are you handling this? +> Are you going to drop XP support completely? If so, starting from when? +> +> Regards, +> Wladimir +> +> +> +> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book +> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their +> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, +> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! +> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech +> +> +> _______________________________________________ +> Bitcoin-development mailing list +> Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development +I think we should get to the bottom of this. Should we assume that xp +is not secure enough? What is this warning? Who is issuing this warning? + + +-- +Kevin + + +--------------050306020706060401000202 +Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit + +<html> + <head> + <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" + http-equiv="Content-Type"> + </head> + <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> + <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/16/2014 4:14 AM, Wladimir wrote:<br> + </div> + <blockquote +cite="mid:CA+s+GJDdENtqQt1f+L5htuuyPxUxsq0prLQFBLirTjJz0nG1gw@mail.gmail.com" + type="cite"> + <div dir="ltr"> + <div>Hello,<br> + <div class=""> + <div class=""> + <p>Today I noticed that even my bank is warning people to + not do internet banking with Windows XP.</p> + <p>If it is no longer secure enough for online banking + it's CERTAINLY not secure enough to run a wallet (for a + node only it would be ok-ish as they have no keys to + protect).</p> + </div> + </div> + Any opinions on what to do here? Just warn and allow the user + to continue? Redirect them to a 'Windows XP is dangerous' + message on <a moz-do-not-send="true" + href="http://bitcoin.org">bitcoin.org</a>? (Microsoft uses <a + moz-do-not-send="true" + href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help">http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help</a>)<br> + <br> + </div> + <div>The drawback of dropping XP support completely would be + that a lot of computers (especially in China and Russia etc) + are still running XP, so this could cause the network to lose + nodes.<br> + </div> + <div><br> + If you're maintainer of other wallet software: how are you + handling this?<br> + </div> + <div>Are you going to drop XP support completely? If so, + starting from when?<br> + </div> + <div><br> + Regards,<br> + </div> + Wladimir<br> + <br> + </div> + <br> + <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> + <br> + <pre wrap="">------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book +"Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their +applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, +this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! +<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech">http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech</a></pre> + <br> + <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> + <br> + <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ +Bitcoin-development mailing list +<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net">Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net</a> +<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development</a> +</pre> + </blockquote> + I think we should get to the bottom of this. Should we assume that + xp is not secure enough? What is this warning? Who is issuing this + warning?<br> + <br> + <br> + <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- +Kevin +</pre> + </body> +</html> + +--------------050306020706060401000202-- + + |