Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WaVk2-0006tp-97 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:43:30 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WaVk0-0001WX-Vu for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:43:30 +0000 Received: from netbook (c107-70.i07-27.onvol.net [92.251.107.70]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M4WlY-1WsyQS1mXc-00z9qL; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:43:22 -0400 Received: by netbook (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EB1142E04CF; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:43:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: by flare (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1000); Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:43:11 +0200 Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:43:10 +0200 From: Adam Back To: Wladimir Message-ID: <20140416194310.GA11552@netbook.cypherspace.org> References: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Hashcash: 1:20:140416:laanwj@gmail.com::FpPM89vLuT4HoRhu:011+n X-Hashcash: 1:20:140416:pieter.wuille@gmail.com::m0/iVE5438PM2qfw:00000000000000 0000000000000000000000006+oj X-Hashcash: 1:20:140416:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net::heDdJOXBJ8IUh aII:000000000000000000004xVE X-Hashcash: 1:20:140416:adam@cypherspace.org::H+Gj8B6I8z4oLi41:00000000000000000 00000000000000000000000035UQ Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:uB7LAEhcz6O+ii2SdoBF1c9VCN+Sb5VUzOi3BPrmVCV o7vxAGO798Ggpkw8SeJVhh9Eahpnuo0djQcT5cxrXiVGeMHK98 BbsYcEISBS3pEx3LGJJKbTdfBrb0qEDeKi7ZQ5fyGg6gpY0y+g KlSgM4FA60c2WdwCVJKybHr6AQSaS0O3ofb842fe4G42jo7ihk Un3dEupjweGOQ2g1KWGNiY4QzjiYGSxmcmwtjHQTNiVPGn6Fzc SfQfN3BBHDheLJJR6o92aJHJfBpDygHAyKrEW8au+vGUMLBLZ/ N/81GMU1EAp4l3JyJc+cMv3N2N+Dz8wmpv9M07lNH88lKRPOdr PfopRU54TPIvio240G9SR3lcw7kGqnZm3g9TuwDId X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [74.208.4.194 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1WaVk0-0001WX-Vu Cc: Bitcoin Dev 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 19:43:30 -0000 Not to get snarky or OS elitist but as I understand it windows security, even during its support period has been measured in low digit number of d= ays in the year when is NOT an outstanding known remote root compromise or combination of remote user compromise + priviledge escalation. Add in phishing, watering holes, malware and the average windows computer is probably compromised a dozen times over. Apparently for sometime it was = not easily possible to secure it install boot - install OS, connect to networ= k to download security updates, IP range scanned and compromised faster tha= n you can patch it. Adam On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 05:28:27PM +0200, Wladimir wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Pieter Wuille > <[1]pieter.wuille@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Kevin <[2]kevinsisco61784@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think we should get to the bottom of this. =C2 Should we assume t= hat > xp is > > not secure enough? > > Yes. > > It will quickly grow extremely insecure. > People will be actively analyzing patches to post-XP versions to find > security problems that are patched there, to see if they can be > exploited on XP. > Wladimir