[Info-vax] On the topic of Open Compute Designs Possibly Suitable for OpenVMS x86-64
Simon Clubley
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Fri Mar 13 15:58:24 EDT 2015
On 2015-03-13, Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> wrote:
>
> With respect to DDR3, there remains the recently disclosed flaw with regards
> to targeted intensive memory operations leading to a bit flip
> (http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/28.55.html#subj14). This may have less
> relevance when using ECC, but the physics of the attack are troubling. The Ars
> Technica article referenced by the RISKS posting does contain pointers to more
> technical descriptions.
>
That's exactly why I asked about ECC :-), as I had recently seen your
comp.risks entry before reading your c.o.v posting.
Simon.
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