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Klathmon 6 hours ago

Is there any valid reason to still be using 3DES in 2026?

It was formally deprecated in 2018 and has been surpassed in just about every single way by AES long before that.

At this point I feel like it's use is such a huge red flag

Pxtl 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean they're still using Inno Setup which was pretty cool in 2004.

mook 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

For some reason, that holds an appxbundle per the article. I'd suspect they needed to run some pre- or post-install code (maybe to check for their hardware?).

pjmlp 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfortunately plenty of folks still didn't got the memo MSI and MSIX exist.

indrora an hour ago | parent [-]

Unfortunately, WiX is still a pain in the ass to use and there's a lot of simple tooling that makes NSIS/InnoSetup/etc shockingly easy to use while the same MSI experience is garbage.

msix is just a different beast entirely too.

pjmlp an hour ago | parent [-]

What about using the Visual Studio packaging tools?

I live on .NET/C++ universe in regards to Windows development, so it might be it isn't as nice for not blessed stacks.

XorNot 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean I still build windows installers with NSIS which has somehow just-worked for decades.