Diebold, a company who should want its name to be synonymous with security and maintained technology, was pointed out to still be running the eight year old Windows NT 4 Server as Microsoft prepares to end support for the operating system effective December 31st, 2004. If you are not familiar with Diebold, they make ATM equipment for banks, and recently ventured into electronic voting equipment. With all the negative reaction from their voting equipment it really makes me think twice about using one of their ATM's again.
Update: As Jake pointed out, it is Diebold, not Diabold. I guess I had bought into the diabolical image projected on them by all the folks out on Slashdot. I can't update the post title or Blogger will move the page since that is what makes the post page name.
2 comments:
You are correct on the spelling sir!
Most ATM's are Diebold. Remember a while back when they got hit with one of those worms (SQL Slammer or Code Red I think) and all the ATM's got shut down because they were running SQL server that was publicly accessible via the Internet? I think that was Diebold then too. Really feels you with confidence doesn't it?
That is "fills you with confidence", not "feels". I think I need more sleep!
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