12-06-2016, 11:33 PM
(12-06-2016, 02:59 PM)thoughtinstinct link Wrote: My local bank was still using windows xp some months back when i was last there. Everytime i logged in to my account from their computers they would send me a notification about upgrading my OS for security reasons.
The irony
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Usually the workstations that are used in a bank are tied to a server, probably the same server that you access for online banking, but im not sure on that one. Usually they are seperated. So technically as long as the workstations in the bank are on different subnets than external networks they are safe. And since the servers are the intermediary, the server dictates security policy- which is why you get those notifications. I hope that kinda clears that up... ???
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