I wonder if it will go as "quick and smooth" as the move towards 64-bit x86. I mean, seriously, we're talking a whole new instruction set, not just an extension to an existing one. Can't imagine how long it'll take for ATi and Nvidia to provide drivers.
Has anyone even cared to read the article, or at least the statements before nerdraging over this? The version of XP that won't get a patch is vanilla XP. Even as a developer I'd say it's ridicolous to expect a software vendor to patch something that has been fixed by a security patch that has been out for years now. That being said, I still use XP at home and I was outraged when I read the headline, but heading over to the article I stumbled upon this quote (which btw has been quoted a couple of times already, I'm only re-quoting in hopes that it will get read):
In the revised advisory, Microsoft explained why it won't patch Windows XP, the world's most popular operating system. "By default, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 do not have a listening service configured in the client firewall and are therefore not affected by this vulnerability," the company said. "Windows XP SP2 and later operating systems include a stateful host firewall that provides protection for computers against incoming traffic from the Internet or from neighboring network devices on a private network."
Interesting enough, if you are that concerned about security, then you probably already installed at least SP2. Which means that your XP box is NOT vulnerable to this type of attack.
I guess computerworld needed a flashy headline to get some clicks and ad revenue.
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I wonder if it will go as "quick and smooth" as the move towards 64-bit x86. I mean, seriously, we're talking a whole new instruction set, not just an extension to an existing one. Can't imagine how long it'll take for ATi and Nvidia to provide drivers.
In the revised advisory, Microsoft explained why it won't patch Windows XP, the world's most popular operating system. "By default, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 do not have a listening service configured in the client firewall and are therefore not affected by this vulnerability," the company said. "Windows XP SP2 and later operating systems include a stateful host firewall that provides protection for computers against incoming traffic from the Internet or from neighboring network devices on a private network."
Interesting enough, if you are that concerned about security, then you probably already installed at least SP2. Which means that your XP box is NOT vulnerable to this type of attack. I guess computerworld needed a flashy headline to get some clicks and ad revenue.