01-07-2018, 01:19 PM
Ultimately the issue of computer security, in any sense whatsoever, is open source code. Speculative execution would not be a security issue at all if the processor code was open source. You cannot compare for bit parity for binaries you cannot access. We banged this around years ago and recommended dual CPU's and one bank of protected memory for low level binary comparisons. As long as OEM vendors refuse access to binary setups there is no solution that will ever be secure. The amount of patching in Debian is probably headed for fifty different specific application instances. At the high end, giant service providers are going to absorb a big hit and be forced to purchase more rack space to deal with the performance issues this ridiculous proprietary policy has caused. Intel's partnerships are just extortion in this sense and always have been.
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