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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in
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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
>
>
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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


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/16/2014 4:14 AM, Wladimir wrote:<br>
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        <div>Hello,<br>
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              <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>
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    I think we should get to the bottom of this.&nbsp; Should we assume that
    xp is not secure enough?&nbsp; What is this warning?&nbsp; Who is issuing this
    warning?<br>
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Kevin
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