Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXYO-0003Tj-Bp for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:39:36 +0000 Received: from mail-pa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.220.44]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WaXYN-0005RO-9f for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:39:36 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id bj1so11382352pad.17 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:39:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rszGRVrmYxz9xNM1RdUaacQRaEsesIJCyrfeRGdJu6k=; b=dz+IXuykEXzY5KBlVas9C7X0oS84JI23Cw54Ozm/3f70ZIw+peZPxj0iHOttNMtSn8 esIs8WEi5MowU3zwJwlreCD6qdakOZaFyVdkrd+Y+oBTHLALJGTTqL3j6U+2fBU2KOrm arPr4tu2uvOtOLxtzbd8Wn5wD8eAreinYtv/U3tvFdbtZEO54whBauOgHmM8QZr7d4lt 1Ezi84XxVrKK94uT7T8OJNcno2kZUuzQ1P/bESc+uEO8zQLE2XwZayQr9oGdB3YTQqHm fpGulvfv5Q2dFwF1yk2BChJLiafhXdHlr9QOqiL3OLG/ARplp+BOk8B8Dd/yYIOOR9rs bKUg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQloTUFvjAuJv7YkQRj0cDLGWL+uJuC6lqLA/7pUGLQ18H9D2vQifkKUSbPEI6UXW0aGxngA X-Received: by 10.68.231.35 with SMTP id td3mr11009490pbc.137.1397684369185; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.127.194] (50-0-36-93.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net. [50.0.36.93]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id pv4sm49057292pbb.55.2014.04.16.14.39.28 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:39:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <534EF88F.0@monetize.io> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:39:27 -0700 From: Mark Friedenbach Organization: Monetize.io Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net References: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> <20140416204223.GL59714@giles.gnomon.org.uk> <07D78278-F882-42D3-AD52-84D168F104D2@heliacal.net> <534EF64C.8050000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <534EF64C.8050000@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. X-Headers-End: 1WaXYN-0005RO-9f 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: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:39:36 -0000 On 04/16/2014 02:29 PM, Kevin wrote: > Okay, so how about an autoupdate function which pulls a work around off > the server? Sooner or later, the vulnerabilities must be faced. NO. Bitcoin Core will never have an auto-update functionality. That would be a single point of failure whose compromise could result in the theft of every last bitcoin held in a Bitcoin Core wallet.