Re:Windows 10 Urgent Update
by cptskippy on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @03:52PM
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I know people do that, what with cloud based VMs and all, but still... I don't get it.
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Re:Windows 10 Urgent Update
by Someone1234 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:00PM
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It should be noted that AWS and other Cloud providers let you set up Security Groups containing specific IP addresses or ranges (i.e. just whitelist your static IP for SSH/RDS access).
It isn't as secure as a VPN (and not as convenient), but definitely a stop-gap if you don't want to pay for Client VPN.
Re:Windows 10 Urgent Update
by supernintendo on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:24PM
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It’s usually to run some old, proprietary software that only has a Windows version.
Re:Windows 10 Urgent Update
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:28PM
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"Old, proprietary software" describes something like 80% of all the software keeping the modern world going.
Re:Windows 10 Urgent Update
by AstralStorm on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:57AM
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Some of it is new software. South Korean love of ActiveX for example, a technology dead for at least 10 years. Still getting new stuff written.
On the contrary, most critical software is plenty new - things like MS Office. Still bound to Windows.
The remaining systems rely on truly custom software and should be either airgapped (so no RDP) or rewritten. I'm thinking industrial - they should've planned for this many years beforehand. There were instances back when Windows XP was the main driver.