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Ask Slashdot: Should We Expect Attacks When Windows 2003 Support Ends?

Posted by timothy on from the sky-permanently-falling dept.

kooky45 writes: On July 14th 2015, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 2003. If your company is anything like mine then they're in a panic to update Windowns 2003 systems that have been ignored for years. But what will happen to Windows 2003 systems still in use after the cut-off date? Company Security warns us that the world will end, but they said the same thing when Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP -- and yet we survived. Did you experience an increase in successful attacks against XP shortly after its support ended, or expect to see one against Windows 2003 this time round?

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  1. Not exactly... by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's windows. You should expect it to be attacked in the highlands and the lowlands, near and far, to and fro, hither and yon... You should be expecting attacks right now, and you should also be expecting attacks after support ends.

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  2. Re:Hopefully..... by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nah - they'll just firewall the crap out of them and not allow Internet access... just like they do with aging Solaris 8.x and AIX 5.x boxen.

    Seriously - there are probably untold hordes of NT 4 servers still grinding along out there.

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