[Info-vax] Intel x86-64 Processor Design Security Vulnerability?

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On 01/04/2018 07:02 AM, Derrell Piper wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 9:09:18 PM UTC-8, Andy Burns wrote:
>> Derrell Piper wrote:
>>
>>> Jann Horn, Project Zero deserves credit for this one:
>>
>> <https://spectreattack.com>
> 
> I don't know what that site is, and I don't find it particularly interesting either.  Any technical discussions about this bug are welcome here.  Please leave your hype at the door.
> 
On that site/page, there is a "Questions & Answers" section, which has a
paragraph with the title "What is the difference between Meltdown and
Spectre?". This paragraph links to two papers:
https://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdf
https://meltdownattack.com/meltdown.pdf