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Subject: Re: Intel hardware bug
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From: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org>
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On 01/03/2018 14:48, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> 
> In message <477ab39d-286d-d9a2-d31e-fd5f7f1679a8@sentex.net>, 
> Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:
> 
>> I am guessing this will impact FreeBSD as well ?
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
> 
> Swell.  Just swell.
> 
> Why couldn't this have been announced the week -before- I bought an Intel
> processor and motherboard to replace my aging AMD rig, rather than the week
> -after- I did so?
> 
> Geeeesssh!

Wait until Tuesday before you explode.  Intel are now saying that it's
not a "bug" in Intel CPUs.

https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/

Eric