You can drop the "Without that commitment". It's very simple:
Any solution that *requires* host changes is infeasible.
End of story.
(For one, earler versions of Windows don't use/support Windows
Update, and a
lot of people have it turned off anyway, from paranoia/prudence/
whatever. But
just in general, there's a lot of old stuff out there, not just
Windows.)
Even if everyone had Windows Update enabled, it would take too long to
get every system upgraded.
The most popular network-based application is your favorite browser.
How many of them are not on the latest rev?
Upgrading roughly 2 to 4 CE routers at every site on the Internet will
happen in far less time than changing every host.
Dino
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