Posted on 01/03/2018 6:43:24 PM PST by markomalley
They are working on patches at the OS level to mitigate these vulnerabilities, but they won't be perfect fixes, just mitigations...and those mitigations are going to slow down your computers, phones, etc.
The only real fix will be for the CPU manufacturers to re-do the actual architecture of the chips themselves. And that will take time and will require your hardware to be updated with the new CPU chips.
At this very moment, I am running fix on servers and VMs. Monitoring Azure, Microsoft had just started fix.
It’s only Intel
I guess it’s a good thing I’m still using my TI-99 4/A, then?
I guess my old G5 is safe. No Intel processor.
Meltdown impacts Intel.
Spectre impacts AMD and ARM architectures.
I thought we could just wipe the computer with a cloth.
Read the article
Again ,It’s only Intel
>>The only real fix will be for the CPU manufacturers to re-do the actual architecture of the chips themselves. And that will take time and will require your hardware to be updated with the new CPU chips.
PCs have reached the point where they last a long time and you really don’t need to upgrade or replace them until they break unless you are a top-tier gamer. So, all the manufacturers suddenly “discover” something that requires everyone to buy a new PC.
What do you bet that the “new” CPUs will include all kinds of backdoors for the data mining companies to actually do what these two “bugs” claim to do?
So, what’s the end-game? Simple. The 2016 election showed our masters that the internet is a nuclear weapon in the hands of the unwashed masses. They want to drive us away from it and back into the well-controlled streams of information that they count on to control us.
Anyone know if Apple A9’s processor is vulnerable?
This really really really is crappy. Bah so bad. RiscOS anyone - we are two years away from being frightened to use a machine. This has been bumming me out all day.
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How long before Intel announces a $29 CPU replacement program?
the spectre of SPECTRE is YUUUGE for my pc....
Find an accurate article and it’ll be worth reading. This IS an Intel only exploit, no matter how much the tech world wants to make it something else.
Heh, I’m typing this now on my Commodore 64.
For Sale- 100 rolls Charmin, 18 yrs old, still dry and clean.
4 five-gallon buckets of red wheat, never opened but did provide my dearly departed hubby with plenty of laughs -18 yrs old, but label says it will be the last food source for the cockroaches.
Pink port-a-jon-excellent working condition. Age unknown, but it make a good gun safe (c’mon, what self respecting bad guy would even touch a pink shitter?), works better than my boat for gun storage ,darn it all.
Prices are negotiable, maybe we should conduct the sale via snail mail?
Will my air gapped AMD’s DX4-100 be OK?
I never worry,I just call IT. They solve all the problems. lol
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