Thanks for all the feedback. Does anybody know if 64bit code makes a difference for address randomization ? On Linux randomization with PIE costs 5-10% speed on x86 and virtually nothing on 64bit. Is the same true on Windows ? Regards, Jan David Dahlberg wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 05.09.2013, 22:22 +0300 schrieb Ionut Muntean: > > On 9/5/13 10:11 PM, Earl wrote: > > > >> I will be sticking to Linux x64 and Win XP for the rest of my life. > >> I can't "move on" from XP since there is nowhere to go. > > > > I see no reason to switch to 64 bit Win 7 and many reasons not to. > > As Windows XP is not getting any support from Microsoft after April > 2014, you better should disconnect it from the net by then. > > Regarding Jan's initial question, I would fully understand if you would > stop active development for Win XP right now and deliver necessary > security patches only until April. By then, XP is dead anyway. > > > >> The German office responsible for security issued a very public > >> and strong warning to stay far away from Win 8. > > > > Really? And why is that? Any info? > > IIRC it was the The New York Times who first reported that the Federal > Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der > Informationstechnik, BSI) would consider Windows 8 "unsecure and bugged > by the NSA". Thereupon the BSI was forced to issue a press release, > which is a bit more differentiated. > https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/Presse2013/Windows_TPM_Pl_21082013.html > This is in German only, I am afraid. But the key points are: > > * The BSI does not warn the public nor corporates of the usage of > Windows 8 > * The BSI has some issues with how TPM 2.0 and Windows 8 interact in > some scenaria. > * While TPM 2.0 may make sense for some users, the BSI fears that there > is a actual trend into the direction of taking away control from the > users/owners of devices to the manufacturers. > The BSI is not the only organisation to be critical of this trend > BTW. The CCC warned ever since that this situation of loss of control > over your own device might arise with TPM. > * The BSI wants device owners to have full control over them. > Mechanisms like TPM should be optional/opt-in. > > So all in all you see, it is neither a "strong warning", nor was it > issued "very publicly", nor did it say "stay away from Windows 8". It is > more a general critisism of vendors taking away control of devices from > the legitimate owners. This is true for a lot of vendors, but a lot of > people are experiencing it right now after installing Windows 8, when > "Trusted Boot" messes up multi-boot setups and such which did work until > now. > > Regards > David -- Jan Willamowius, jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.gnugk.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=51271111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________________ Posting: mailto:Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=openh323gk-users Unsubscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openh323gk-users Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/
