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Author: Jerry Snitselaar
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Subject: Re: children of spectre
On Thu May 03 18, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
>Just when you thought it could not get any worst... so when will we be
>moving to RISC??
>


Going to RISC doesn't necessarily solve the problems. Architectures other than x86 have
also had issues, for example the Power architecture.

>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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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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