Timeline for How is Windows XP still vulnerable behind a NAT + firewall?
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| Aug 28, 2023 at 1:47 | comment | added | PC Luddite | @LieRyan notice I did not mention CD-Rs or CD-RW. I am aware they have a much shorter lifespan. I guess it depends on what you mean by "latest version". If that's Windows XP SP3 (5.1.2600.5512), there are probably commercial discs for that. If you mean all of the patches and security updates since that release, of course that's unlikely to exist. | |
| Aug 28, 2023 at 0:49 | comment | added | Lie Ryan | @PCLuddite Commercially pressed CDs lasts much longer than CDs you burnt yourself. The dye used in CD-R or CD-RW don't last nearly as long as the pits in pressed CDs. But the reality of the manufacturing process is that pressed CDs only makes sense when you are making a large number of CDs with the same content. This means that such CD is also much more likely to be outdated and pressed CDs containing the latest version of the software generally becomes much less common by the end of the lifecycle of that software. | |
| Aug 27, 2023 at 3:34 | comment | added | PC Luddite | @Peter-ReinstateMonica I've got dozens of CDs from the early to mid 90s that are still readable. Most CD-ROMs would be as long as they're not scratched up or manufactured particularly poorly. A commercial copy of Windows XP would easily still be usable. | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 14:26 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | @BryanBoettcher Lol I didn't even look it up -- I feel you. | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 13:44 | comment | added | Bryan Boettcher | @Peter-ReinstateMonica what? XP wasn't released 20 years -- oh god no | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 8:56 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | @NickMatteo And one or two of those CDs may actually still be readable after 20 years. | |
| Aug 23, 2023 at 3:25 | comment | added | Nick Matteo | Plenty of us still have lots of CDs of XP-era (or earlier) software... | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 17:53 | comment | added | Daniel B | But that’s trivial. If OP needs XP, some legacy software is probably already there. And even if it isn’t, downloading on a modern system would include all the latest AV checks and whatnot. If that’s not secure enough, what is? | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 13:20 | comment | added | Lie Ryan | @9072997 Good luck finding a printed CD with a copy of the latest version of software you wanted to install that's still compatible with XP, and good luck hoping that that copy still can still correctly validate its license key. And before you say that you can burn your own CD, that has the same problems as USB drives, in that burning your own CD is a vector for autorun malware. Might as well just use USB drive, as that's much cheaper. Also, downloading the CD images from abandonware sites are also quite sketchy, both legally and security wise. | |
| Aug 22, 2023 at 12:42 | comment | added | 9072997 | "You currently have no secure way to download/install any software on XP" - CDs | |
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| Aug 22, 2023 at 8:47 | history | answered | Lie Ryan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |