From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 12 09:04:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA18257 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:04:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from dfw-ix14.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix14.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA18242 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:04:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wghhicks@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix14.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA16156; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 11:03:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from atl-ga8-01.ix.netcom.com(199.183.210.65) by dfw-ix14.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma016109; Wed Nov 12 11:02:49 1997 Message-ID: <3469E12E.7C08C8C3@ix.netcom.com> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:02:38 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks Reply-To: jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com Organization: TerraEarth X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christopher Masto CC: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium bug (really) References: <64cier$a60$1@schenectady.netmonger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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