Re: Vulnerabilities (Was: [Simh] Fwd: VAX + Spectre

2019-09-17 Thread ben via cctalk
Windows _is_ Bells and Whistles, plus a couple of gongs. No ... The GONGS is the chinese knock off.

Re: Vulnerabilities (Was: [Simh] Fwd: VAX + Spectre

2019-09-17 Thread ben via cctalk
On 9/17/2019 1:08 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: I could easily imagine a computer science exam question "Describe in one paragraph the specific design error that enabled the Meltdown attack". I used to have some related questions in my mic

Re: Vulnerabilities (Was: [Simh] Fwd: VAX + Spectre

2019-09-17 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 at 21:09, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > One student (who later became my best friend and buddy) > skipped the technical details and said, "The primary design error for > MacOS and Windoze (sic) is that they placed a lower priority on security, > than on being able to transpar

Re: Vulnerabilities (Was: [Simh] Fwd: VAX + Spectre

2019-09-17 Thread allison via cctalk
On 9/17/19 3:08 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> I could easily imagine a computer science exam question "Describe in >> one paragraph the specific design error that enabled the Meltdown >> attack". > > I used to have some related questions i

Vulnerabilities (Was: [Simh] Fwd: VAX + Spectre

2019-09-17 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: I could easily imagine a computer science exam question "Describe in one paragraph the specific design error that enabled the Meltdown attack". I used to have some related questions in my microcomputer operating systems class. One student (wh