Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW

[Steve Litt]

While you may not be an agent for Kim Jong-un, it's completely within
the realm of possibilities. This is a huge problem and there may be
HUGE consequences.

Not so fun when YOU'RE the target of accusations masked as ambiguity,
is it?

There's a reason we were taught at the age of 10 not to spread rumors.

Just for the record, I highly doubt you're an agent for Kim Jong-un.

SteveT




On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:41:47 -0700
techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:

> While this article may not be factual, it is completely within the
> realm of possibilities. This is a huge problem and there may be HUGE 
> consequences.
> 
> What I'd like to know is how these issues persisted for over 20 years 
> without detection.  I assume Intel, AMD and the other chip
> manufactures have some really smart people on staff.  Given that, how
> did these issues, that are basic to the CPU functionality, become
> built in without detection (or functionality left out).  How is it
> that some guy reading the CPU manual discovered he could trick the
> CPU into spilling it's cache so he can have access to other programs
> data.  How is it that under certain circumstances Kernel memory can
> be accessed giving away the store.
> 
> I've read these issues may have persisted as far back as 1995.  How
> does that happen?  How does an army of engineers miss this for 23
> years?  How do you explain that?
> 
> That means lots of people came and went.  There should have been lots
> of QA... for 23 years.
> 
> How does this happen?  Only two ways I can see 1) sloppy work, or 2) 
> intentionally.
> 
> We all know that every phone call and electronic message is stored in 
> Government warehouse(s).  We have all heard that it is possible to 
> function our cellular phones remotely so others can spy on us. And
> there is much more....
> 
> If this was done for the Gov.  Maybe it was done for national
> security -- not meant to be used against U.S.citizens.  Maybe it was
> done (if intentional) to give the Gov the ability to spy on our
> adversaries. Maybe it started out innocently.
> 
> The bottom line is we have a HUGE problem that will take years to
> work though.   And we have a HUGE question of how did this persist
> for 23 years without detection?
> 
> 
> 
> On 2018-01-10 22:03, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:39:54 -0700
> > techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Who knows if this is true, however here it is:
> >> 
> >> https://www.reddit.com/r/CBTS_Stream/comments/7pb7pv/intels_security_flaw_is_no_flaw/?st=jc9a2mp7&sh=7ef2e2c1  
> > 
> > I would hope people smart enough and possessing enough knowledge of
> > logic to program computers would have the smarts and logic not to
> > pass along "information" like this, even with the "who knows if
> > this is true" disclaimer. I didn't see one reference to a remotely
> > credible source, and I saw an obvious political agenda in both the
> > article and the comments.
> > 
> > I went up the URL to https://www.reddit.com/r/CBTS_Stream/ and still
> > saw nothing but drivel from wannabe poser internet journalists
> > making up unsupported pseudo-speculations. No different from the
> > tabloids at the checkout line, except probably less credible.
> > 
> > Passing along a URL to a sewer site like this is a disservice to
> > all, and lowers your credibility, "who knows if this is true" not
> > withstanding. I hope nobody passes this further, because it's almost
> > certainly just plain bullshit.
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
> > Steve Litt
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