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Re:Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Wi... by baroffoos on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @02:31AM (#19916913)
If I was managing systems that were EOL many years ago and an active risk of being exploited my behavior change would be either to update them or disconnect them from the outside world.
Re:Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Wi... by sagebird on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @03:47AM (#19917215)
What if you managed a non-EOL OS, like Windows 10, but you had inside information that there were multiple active ongoing exploits? You might say you would disconnect them from the internet. But I think it comes down to blame. No one would blame you if Win10 computers were connected to the internet and were exploited. But people _would_ blame you if they were XP. I think this pretty much explains how people think about these choices.