Should XP pirates get SP2?

[rockoon]

Should XP pirates get SP2? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/25/xp_pirates_sp2/)


Imagine if the fire department checked the title of a house before it decided whether or not to extinguish a fire. Of course, all analogies are inherently suspect, and software is not a car or a house. But, as worms and DDoS attacks constantly remind us, the net is only as secure as its weakest link.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Can't Microsoft just give pirates a special SP2 that sends an email to the local police department after installation?

~~ Paul

[Darat]

Originally posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos
Can't Microsoft just give pirates a special SP2 that sends an email to the local police department after installation?

~~ Paul

Or asks for the person's credit card number if they want to continue to use Windows?

[Uh_Clem]

Remember that a lot of these pirated os's are overseas, on dial up. They couldn't possibly download sp2 even if they cared. I'd like to see isp's take a more active role in CUTTING OFF ACCESS to infected boxes. For a while I was getting so much spam and port scans from Taiwan and China I was hoping Comcast would just blacklist the IP allocation for that chunk of the planet.

One good thing I have seen is that some broadband isp's are shipping cable/dsl modems with built in NAT as basic service. Eventually this will cut down on infections.

[DangerousBeliefs]

What does it matter? SP1 was hacked in minutes.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Darat said:
Or asks for the person's credit card number if they want to continue to use Windows?
Oh, I didn't think of that. You're a genius!

Danger said:
What does it matter? SP1 was hacked in minutes.
Good point.

~~ Paul

[bjornart]

It would have been convenient, but I suppose I'll just have to "borrow" a newer copy.