[Lilug-si-sig] 10 alarm security fire in all Intel hardware platforms.

[odinson]

Looks like everybody's computer will be getting slower to deal with an 
Intel hardware flaw.  VAR and service model companies may eat their 
benchmarks here.  Clouds, VM servers, laptops, desktops, servers, 
everything.

I would like to point out Linux is discussed the most, not because it's 
the most vulnerable but because it's the only scientific collaborative 
model.  (the public helps each other in repeatable/reproducible way) 
Apple and Microsoft are simply pursuing their best business option 
from here and right now that means staying quiet about potentially 
useful details until they are satisfied with their fix.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/


Patch early, patch often, apologize to users for broken promises, buy a 
lot of stuff in a panic.

Matt

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Matthew Newhall, M.A.Newhall at warcloud.net
A.S. in Computer Science, SUNY Farmingdale
President and founder of LILUG;  president at lilug.org, http://www.lilug.org
My theory; Psychopaths precede the conscience, http://civgene.matthewnewhall.com
My maker blog; "The modness", http://themodness.wordpress.com
Scifi book; "Thicker Than Blood"  http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
Giselle's husband, Sebastian and Maxximus's father.
http://www.warcloud.net/~odinson/us/
Conservatives: No need to question, analyze, or improve, God overcomes all
anyway.
Liberals: No need to doubt, examine, or achieve results, man will evolve
beyond it anyway.

What's the difference?
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