Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:23:41 +0100 (MET) From: Arne Steinkamm <arne@Steinkamm.COM> To: jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com Cc: chris@netmonger.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium bug (really) Message-ID: <199711121823.TAA20157@oldman.steinkamm.com> In-Reply-To: <3469E12E.7C08C8C3@ix.netcom.com> from "Jerry Hicks" at Nov 12, 97 12:02:38 pm
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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 The changes done by bsdi with Intel's help are in locore.s and machdep.c. This sounds like much more than pattern scanning. .//. Arne -- Arne Steinkamm | Mail (MIME): Arne@Steinkamm.COM IRC: Arne Tel.: +49.89.299.756 | URL: http://WWW.Steinkamm.COM/ NIC-Handle: AS306 Robert-Koch-Str. 4 | "There's coffee in that nebula" D-80538 Muenchen | Cptn. Kathryn Janeway, ST:VOY - The Cloud
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