Another option for substantial companies who run Windows shops is to run Windows Terminal Server on a 32 bit server, and then use Remote Desktop. That works, but complicates things like reports.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Codling Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Security threat Thanks Brian. I do most of that routinely. My real concern is what is likely to happen down the road. I fear a patch that will kill DOS apps and which is hard to get rid of. I also wonder what will happen when I'm forced to upgrade from my XP, which I'm quite happy with. History says that the day will likely come when XP won't run on the next computer I get. I suppose the worst case is that I would have to pursue my long postponed switch to Linux. The formal obstacle to that is being able to run an up to date version of WP on it. Don Brian Hancock wrote: > Hi Don, > > I would not panic too much about this, unless you have a enterprise DP > application, where you have many and possibly malicious users. Probably it > would only be a benefit to the attacker if the target site is a high value > site, eg banking, etc. You should of course make sure your Windows is > patched, and that you run your PC behind a firewall, and antivirus software > is installed and up to date, and of course, never run executable code that > you are not sure is safe, eg email attachments, and executable programs that > some website might ask you to run. If a site offers to install Adobe Flash > or Acrobat and you know or suspect you have it installed, then ignore the > request; if you think it might really be needed, go directly to Adobe's > website (or the reputable vendors site of whatever else is being offer to > install) and install it there rather than take a chance on something dodgy. > > Also on the subject of security, applets that run on social networking > sites, worry me, as I feel they can e a vehicle for causing malicious code > to run on you PC. So anything that offers to install something on my machine > I generally avoid, unless I am very certain of its authenticity and that > there is an estabilished need for it > > Also, Microsoft would love to kill off all the DOS apps out there, as there > are still a great number of legacy systems still using it, and Microsoft is > not getting a penny out of these, so my suspicious mind wanders to thinking > that Microsoft would love people to voluntarily turn DOS off. > > Bye > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Codling > Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:00 AM > To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group > Subject: [Dataperf] Security threat > > January 21, 2010 > > The latest security vulnerability for Windows is apparently 17 years > old, and the workaround for the moment is to disable access by DOS > programs (16 bit programs) > [http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5307&tag=nl.e589]. Does anyone know > what the implications of this are for DP? > > Thanks > > Don Codling > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
