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Author: Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: children of spectre
Just when you thought it could not get any worst... so when will we be
moving to RISC??

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Stephen Partington <>
wrote:

> struth....
>
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:11 AM, der.hans <> wrote:
>
>> moin moin,
>>
>> 8 new intel flaws set for announcement.
>>
>> https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Exclusive-Spectre-NG-Multipl
>> e-new-Intel-CPU-flaws-revealed-several-serious-4040648.html
>>
>> At least one of the kids appears to be much worse than spectre.
>>
>> "an attacker could launch exploit code in a virtual machine (VM) and
>> attack the host system from there – the server of a cloud hoster, for
>> example. Alternatively, it could attack the VMs of other customers running
>> on the same server."
>>
>> "Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX), which are designed to protect
>> sensitive data on cloud servers, are also not Spectre-safe."
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
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> Stephen
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