He hits the nail on the head when he says, in conclusion:Ĭompany officials are showing that, as much as they don’t want to set a precedent for patching unsupported Windows versions, they vastly prefer that option to a potential replay of the WCry outbreak. Microsoft didn’t have any choice – and won’t have any choice, in the future, but to patch NSA-derived security holes in all versions of Windows from XP onward.ĭan Goodin, also on Ars Technica, now has technical details. Pizza, writing on Ars Technica says “Microsoft’s decision to patch Windows XP is a mistake.” I say he’s wrong. Can you imagine what would happen with a working XP SMB worm? See KB 4022727.īrad Sams, writing on, calls the XP patch “a dangerous precedent.” I say hogwash. UPDATE: Microsoft even released a patch for Win10 1507 - the original, “RTM” release, which is supposed to be out of support.
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