ISG News has posted a new item, 'Keep in Mind: Windows XP reached its End-of-Life one Month ago'
Microsoft provided a final bunch of patches for Windows XP in April 2014. Since then no more security and stability fixes are going to be released. This means that still running Windows XP machines conflict with the ETH Bot (Acceptable Use Policy for Telematics) which requires that every computer connected to the ETH network must be fully updated and secured.
The central IT security group of ETHZ continuously inspects the network streams for signatures of XP computers. In the D-PHYS public networks they still detect around 15 Windows XP based computers. If you have a running XP machine connected to the public network, please migrate the operating system to a newer version i.e Windows 7.
In case you are forced to keep Windows XP up and running, you can migrate the machine to our eXile network. Simply send the required information to isg@phys.ethz.ch after you've read and understood the eXile Terms-of-Use, so we can prepare the machine for the eXile network.
If you have any questions or need help please do not hesitate to contact the ISG D-PHYS Helpdesk
You may view the latest post at https://nic.phys.ethz.ch/news/2014/05/22/keep-in-mind-windows-xp-reached-its...
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