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DarkSithPro (banned)
join:2005-02-12
Tempe, AZ

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Re: How can consumers be protected if 95% of ATMs use XP when support ends soon?

said by Tejas :

Banks are still running OS/2, Windows 2000, NT. Their security is not in the OS, besides ATMs run a special version called XP Embedded. It's designed just for that type of environment. It allows you to install only what you need and prevent writes to the drives. It's good until 2016

Well that's a sigh of relief. Thanks...
nonymous (banned)
join:2003-09-08
Glendale, AZ

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As another already said it should.be an embedded version of the OS. The core OS should be fairly secure at this point and doesnt have all the extra bloat surrounding the core OS to attack.
dave
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join:2000-05-04
not in ohio

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But the more significant point is that the *device* is either secure or not. Focusing on one part of the device misses the point: in this case, practically all relevant XP vulnerabilities rely on the ATM being on the public network with exposed insecure services, which would be foolish regardless of which OS was running the ATM.

(The only exception seems to be an ATM with USB ports and autorun enabled - but once again that's not the fault of the OS, it's the fault of someone building a physically insecure ATM).

In any case, the ATM will be no less secure in April than it is today.