From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WaRdo-0008De-4L for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:20:48 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.223.172 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.223.172; envelope-from=pieter.wuille@gmail.com; helo=mail-ie0-f172.google.com; Received: from mail-ie0-f172.google.com ([209.85.223.172]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WaRdn-0002HA-8L for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:20:48 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f172.google.com with SMTP id as1so10686140iec.31 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:20:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.120.15 with SMTP id d15mr4817501icr.35.1397661641942; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:20:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.141.135 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:20:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> References: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:20:41 +0200 Message-ID: From: Pieter Wuille To: Kevin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (pieter.wuille[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1WaRdn-0002HA-8L Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Warning message when running wallet in Windows XP (or drop support?) X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:20:48 -0000 On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Kevin wrote: > I think we should get to the bottom of this. Should we assume that xp is > not secure enough? Yes. > What is this warning? Windows XP is no longer maintained. Don't use such a system for protecting your money. > Who is issuing this warning? Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help The suggestion here is to make Bitcoin Core detect when it's running on Windows XP, and warn the user (they are likely unaware of the risks). -- Pieter