I think it's more of a side effect of the principle of out of order execution, not everything is a conspiracy.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, at 9:28 AM, AndyHC wrote: > On 05-Jan-2018 1:58 PM, Alan Bourke wrote: > > These exploits are nasty but if they've been in Intel chips ever since they > > started implementing out-of-order execution in 1995 then surely if there > > was a serious real-world threat we would have seen it long ago? > > > > > > > Unless it's been very carefully done by state-level actors! > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1515160624.896609.1225279832.55ade...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.