From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jan 31 21:01:37 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E285AEE180E for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:01:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BB3777FA3 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:01:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=YuZNfMQX c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=RgaUWeydRksA:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=USkNwYM6PY2z0l2W2EcA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Authentication-Results: smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.mail=roberthuff@rcn.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com header.from=roberthuff@rcn.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.user=roberthuff; auth=pass (PLAIN) Received-SPF: softfail (smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com: transitional domain rcn.com does not designate 209.6.230.48 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:32746] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id 94/7E-00908-AAE227A5; Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:01:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <23154.11945.856955.523027@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:01:29 -0500 From: Robert Huff To: "Zahrir\, Abderrahmane" Cc: "freebsd-questions\@FreeBSD.org" Subject: RE: Re: Response to Meltdown and Spectre In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 25.3.1 (amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:01:37 -0000 Zahrir, Abderrahmane writes: > I understand that you have not been notified early enough about > the Meltdown and spectre security flow. > > However do we have a rough estimate (something like an > approximate month) of when a patch will be available for the > latest version 11.1 and possibly 11.0? Given that - at this writing - _Intel_ doesn't fully understand how to fix this .... Respectfully, Robert Huff