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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by freeli on Friday September 25, 2026 @09:27PM (#49852240)
It wasn't the AmigaOS running in the emulator that they were worried about, it was the Windows system running the emulator. (Not that the average IT auditor there could have understood the difference.)
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by M95D on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:52AM (#49853325)
How would a virus get in there?
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by EvanAnderson on Saturday September 26, 2026 @04:42AM (#49854466)
If it were a newer version of NT I'd be concerned about USB media, but being NT 4.0 and not supporting USB it's imminently more capable of being air-gapped than later versions. (I recall a fun Ed Skoudis quote-- "At best, an air gap is a high-latency connection". Evidence Stuxnet.)
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Re:Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the ... by jabl on Saturday September 26, 2026 @04:45AM (#49854487)
The auditor probably doesn't know nor care. "Every windows machine runs antivirus" is a checkbox item, zero thought involved.
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