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Windows 7 Users: You Need SHA-2 Support or No Windows Updates After July 2019 (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the fyi dept.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 users need to have SHA-2 code-signing installed by July 16, 2019, in order to continue to get Windows updates after that date. Microsoft issued that warning on February 15 via a Support article. From a report: Windows operating system updates are dual-signed using both the SHA-1 and SHA-2 hash algorithms to prove authenticity. But going forward, due to "weaknesses" in SHA-1, Microsoft officials have said previously that Windows updates will be using the more secure SHA-2 algorithm exclusively. Customers running Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 must have SHA-2 code-signing support installed by July 2019, Microsoft officials have said.

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  1. Too late Microsoft -- you already f**ked me by mnemotronic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The updates from April 10 update last year bluescreened my 2008 R2 servers. AFAIK, Microsoft still doesn't have a fix. I am f*ed with no possible recovery. I can't say enough bad things about Microsoft's unprofessionalism, inadequate testing, contemptuous customer support, and ignorance of how their half-baked updates negatively impact real-world situations.

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  2. I am a Windows 7 user - stopped automatic updates by blind+biker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I stopped automatic updates a couple of years ago. Microsofto was pushing Windows 10 hard. I realized that, once they stop pushing the Windows 10 installation, they will try to get Windows 7 user give up by pushing shit updates - stuff that will break Windows 7. Don't even try to tell me this is beyond Microsoft, we all know it is right up their alley.

    So, after two years without automatic updates, all my computers (laptops and my desktop) are working without any security issues, including Meltdown that has been contained with patches that make sense vs. the crap that Microsoft pushed the first two times (surely by "mistake").

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  3. Re:Microsoft : You must update to have updates by Highdude702 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They are chipping away at it. They have done leaps and bounds with Steam Play. Their dev team isn't half bad it seems.