The attacks here are not surprising in the least, FWIW. It was known this would work, nobody worked up a POC. The, IMHO, novel part here is the formalism. (i'

The attacks here are not surprising in the least, FWIW. It was known this would work, nobody worked up a POC. The, IMHO, novel part here is the formalism. (i'm not trying to denigrate the work mind you, it's definitely hard work and they did a great job. i'm just pointing out for those who don't know that this is not a surprising new result, but instead an expected new result) Otherwise, pretty much anyone who had basic architectural knowledge realized this was possible the second spectre and meltdown came out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16084318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16084318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16083964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16083964 (there are more, i'm too lazy to find everyone who pointed it out, sorry) I can't speak for gpderetta, but like, if i can predict this problem, I expect pretty much anyone can :)