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Date:      Sun, 15 May 2005 12:59:26 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 mp_machdep.c src/sys/amd64/include cpufunc.h src/sys/i386/i386 mp_machdep.c src/sys/i386/include cpufunc.h 
Message-ID:  <97079.1116154766@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 May 2005 02:05:25 EDT." <4286E6A5.4030902@freebsd.org> 

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In message <4286E6A5.4030902@freebsd.org>, Colin Percival writes:
>Nate Lawson wrote:
>> That is at best, hyperbole.
>
>Have you been talking to Intel lately?
>
>>  Crypto implementations which properly
>> implement blinding or operate in constant time are not vulnerable.
>
>Crypto implementations which implement blinding are vulnerable.

This is not just about crypto.

There are many processes which a random process should not be allowed
to spy on in a multiuser system.

Your boss text-procssing or email program for one thing.

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