From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WaXsg-0004LF-UN for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:00:34 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.223.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.223.174; envelope-from=pieter.wuille@gmail.com; helo=mail-ie0-f174.google.com; Received: from mail-ie0-f174.google.com ([209.85.223.174]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1WaXsg-0005tG-9w for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:00:34 +0000 Received: by mail-ie0-f174.google.com with SMTP id rp18so11115710iec.19 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:00:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.136.130 with SMTP id u2mr4467860ict.51.1397685628985; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:00:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.141.135 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:00:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <534EF88F.0@monetize.io> References: <534E9DDC.7000502@gmail.com> <20140416204223.GL59714@giles.gnomon.org.uk> <07D78278-F882-42D3-AD52-84D168F104D2@heliacal.net> <534EF64C.8050000@gmail.com> <534EF88F.0@monetize.io> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:28 +0200 Message-ID: From: Pieter Wuille To: Mark Friedenbach 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: 1WaXsg-0005tG-9w 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 22:00:35 -0000 On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Mark Friedenbach wrote: > On 04/16/2014 02:29 PM, Kevin wrote: >> Okay, so how about an autoupdate function which pulls a work around off >> the server? Sooner or later, the vulnerabilities must be faced. > > NO. Bitcoin Core will never have an auto-update functionality. That > would be a single point of failure whose compromise could result in the > theft of every last bitcoin held in a Bitcoin Core wallet. Or, even accidentally, cause a hard forking bug to be rolled out (or worsen one). -- Pieter