[Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

[John Shaw]

Yes that is how I see it.  I know nothing other than pulling the plug is 100% secure but that doesn’t mean we need to be complacent either.

 

I think it is time to put an end date on XP compatibility for DX4WIN.

 

73 John ZL1BYZ.

 

From: Michael P. Rioux [mailto:mike at rioux.org] 
Sent: Monday, 2 April 2018 1:41 p.m.
To: John Shaw <zl1byz at gmail.com>
Cc: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

 

John,

I suspect you already know the answer to your question. Yes, the security is weakened. Using a 17 year old

operating system connected to the Internet is not a recommended practice. Microsoft no longer supports the XP OS.

Weakening security for a small group of users puts everyone else at risk.

 

73, Mike W1USN

 

Si vis pacem, para bellum

 

Michael P. Rioux, CISSP-ISSEP

mike at rioux.org <mailto:mike at rioux.org> 

 

 





On Apr 1, 2018, at 8:28 PM, John Shaw <zl1byz at gmail.com <mailto:zl1byz at gmail.com> > wrote:

 

So how does that affect security for all of this.  Have we now all been put at more risk to satisfy those who want to run obsolete systems?

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net>  [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul Van Der Eijk
Sent: Monday, 2 April 2018 12:04 p.m.
To: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu <mailto:jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> >
Cc: DX4WIN Reflector <DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net <mailto:DX4WIN at mailman.qth.net> >
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Check For Updates Won't Run

XP users should try the update again ; Scott, KA9FOX, changed the website such that the files directory no longer requires an https connection. —Paul, KK4HD 

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