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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2018-01-04 20:20:20 +0000, DaveFroble said:

> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2018-01-04 14:25:58 +0000, DaveFroble said:
>> 
>>> This is all very interesting, and I don't have a clue about how to 
>>> actually perform such exploits, nor do I care to know.  However, I 
>>> think there is still one thing that is essential in performing any such 
>>> exploits.  One would first need access to the machine.
>> 
>> Do you browse from any local systems on your network?
> 
> You are correct.  The network is the weak point, no matter what you do 
> on individual systems that are connected to the network.  haven't 
> figured out much to do for this problem.

Previously posted...   Where at least some folks are headed...

https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43231.html

OpenVMS doesn't play very well in these environments quite yet, and the 
LDAP integration and other distributed security work is really just 
beginning.

I'd expect the list of stuff that VSI wants to and needs to work on is 
a long one.   That's always been the case, and always will be.


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