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ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2017

Entry 15th May 2017: Post: 3


Patching hell


Hi

I refused point blank to use my XP machine the day that Windows dropped 
the support. With the trapdoor fully open on these machines with a 
necessity to have the internet connectivity active all the time I just 
didn't feel comfortable without the guards at the gate. So I dumped the 
machine. I also took all my other XP machines off line and killed the 
network in terms of it being linked to the formal internet.

At the time I told the powers at be at work that we should kill off the 
XP machines. But they ignored me. AutoUpdates had to be disabled cus the 
machine would go into an endless spin when the computers tried to check. 
The accounts machines were all running XP and also remote machines to 
accounts support also ran XP. That is how it was right up to the day I 
left. I would not be at all surprised that they still were not using the 
XP machines for day to day operations. Madness... pure madness.

I see that Microsoft are keen to advise of the risks of not patching and 
more so the issue of the vulnerability of the OS. I have my own opinions 
of the way Windows handled their upgrades, which I will not discuss as I 
need my breakfast. BUT, one thing I will say is 'the internet is not 
safe'. I don't care what anyone says. Nothing is safe. None of the 
security measures are foolproof and I recall a long long time ago a guy 
writing in a magazine stating that no matter how many security measures 
you put in place there will always be a some way to break the system. He 
also said that trusting the internet with your private details was just 
stupid.

In truth the bigger problem is the user, any user, just one user. A worm 
can get in through the most idiotic of ways and then you're stuffed. And 
that moment of weakness can cost you everything. The ones that are worse 
are the ones that work in the background without ever becoming noticed. 
This latest one is a bit blunt, buy hey, I'm sure Microsoft will again 
be telling the powers at be that they alone should be allowed to police 
the internet and everyone should pay a fee for an official licence to 
use the internet, and probably pay by the minute for the privilege.  All 
it would take is one mad capped leader from a world power to wake up 
finding his Twitter account had been crapped on and I guess he might 
ring MS and give them the green light. Dunno.. I sense its coming, I 
really do.

scuzz


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