Re: 3rd party patch for XP for MS09-048?

[Susan Bradley <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not that they aren't supported per se, just that Microsoft has 
deemed the impact of DOS to be low, the ability to patch that platform 
impossible/difficult and thus have make a risk calculation accordingly.

Sometimes the architecture is what it is.

Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Hi Susan,
>
>   
> > Read the bulletin.  There's no patch.  It is deemed by Microsoft to be of
> > low impact and thus no patch has been built.
> >     
> I don't know how I missed that XP/SP2 and above were not being
> patched. It appears that my two references are worhtless... I used to
> use them in position papers!
> * http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
> * http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect
>
> Jeff
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Susan Bradley <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Read the bulletin.  There's no patch.  It is deemed by Microsoft to be of
> > low impact and thus no patch has been built.
> >
> > Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi Aras,
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > > > Given that M$ has officially shot-down all current Windows XP users by
> > > > not
> > > > issuing a patch for a DoS level issue,
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > Can you cite a reference?
> > >
> > > Unless Microsoft has changed their end of life policy [1], XP should
> > > be patched for security vulnerabilities until about 2014. Both XP Home
> > > and XP Pro's mainstream support ended in 4/2009, but extended support
> > > ends in 4/2014 [2]. Given that we know the end of extended support,
> > > take a look at bullet 17 of [1]:
> > >
> > >    17. What is the Security Update policy?
> > >
> > >    Security updates will be available through the end of the Extended
> > >    Support phase (five years of Mainstream Support plus five years of
> > >    the Extended Support) at no additional cost for most products.
> > >    Security updates will be posted on the Microsoft Update Web site
> > >    during both the Mainstream and the Extended Support phase.
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > > > I realize some of you might be tempted to relay the M$ BS about "not
> > > > being
> > > > feasible because it's a lot of work" rhetoric...
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > Not at all.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > [1] http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy
> > > [2] http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselect
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Aras "Russ" Memisyazici
> > > <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >       
> > > > Hello All:
> > > >
> > > > Given that M$ has officially shot-down all current Windows XP users by
> > > > not
> > > > issuing a patch for a DoS level issue, I'm now curious to find out
> > > > whether
> > > > or not any brave souls out there are already working or willing to work
> > > > on
> > > > an open-source patch to remediate the issue within XP.
> > > >
> > > > I realize some of you might be tempted to relay the M$ BS about "not
> > > > being
> > > > feasible because it's a lot of work" rhetoric... I would just like to
> > > > hear
> > > > the thoughts of the true experts subscribed to these lists :)
> > > >
> > > > No harm in that is there?
> > > >
> > > > Aras "Russ" Memisyazici
> > > > Systems Administrator
> > > > Virginia Tech
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         
> > >       
> >     
>
>