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My guess is that someone will step up and continue to create patches for XP, because you're in a pretty big boat.

But if I were you, I'd switch to a newer OS and run the whole XP box in a VM (note you may run into some MS licensing issues setting this up). Then at least you can slowly start migrating and at least your "main" hypervisor OS will be fully patched. Doesn't help you with the firewall, though.

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What blows my mind is that XP still needs constant, serious security patches after 12 years. Think about that.

I see constant security patches for Linux and associated userland, pretty much monthly also.

It's not because the software is necessarily "insecure", it's just because new ways of getting around protections are found every day. Plus, look at how much the technology landscape has changed since XP was introduced in 2001.

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