Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:02:38 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks <wghhicks@ix.netcom.com> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium bug (really) Message-ID: <3469E12E.7C08C8C3@ix.netcom.com> References: <64cier$a60$1@schenectady.netmonger.net>
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Christopher Masto wrote: > > I either joined this mailing list too late or joined the wrong mailing > lists. Since I'm in charge of an ISP that provides shell accounts, I > am on the brink of making a rather important decision. I am pretty > sick of Intel, so replacing our P166s with K6s is somewhat attractive. > Still, BSDI claims that Intel has helped them to develop a workaround > (which they're not at liberty to explain in detail). Even if Intel > isn't being cooperative with the free software community, it is > plausible that "a workaround exists" implies "someone will find it and > publish it". > > Of course, this is all moot if I missed the announcement that FreeBSD > already has the same fix. Anyway, the big question is.. does it or > might it in the near future? > -- > = Christopher Masto = chris@netmonger.net = http://www.netmonger.net/ = > = NetMonger Communications = finger for PGP key = $19.95/mo unlimited access = > = Director of Operations = (516) 221-6664 = mailto:info@netmonger.net = Seems to me they would have to examine the executable for the pattern in question before executing it... A malicious person could subvert that quite easily, right? Skeptical, Jerry Hicks jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com
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