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I disagree — security is a sina qua non for a functioning system. Leaking information between different processes is simply incorrect, even on a single-use sys
by zeveb 8y ago
I disagree — security is a sina qua non for a functioning system. Leaking information between different processes is simply incorrect, even on a single-use system.
- adrianN 8y agoFor systems where you can guarantee that no untrusted code runs I'd rather have the faster processor.
- my123 8y agoLinux actually applies a mitigation that is applied for sandboxed processes only by default to mitigate Variant 4. For Variant 3A, well, it's another Meltdown and will be handled as such.
- pdpi 8y agoSure — security is, in abstract, important. The security requirements of different systems vary, though. I'm much more worried about things like this in edge machines that talk to the public than some backend data-processing pipeline that doesn't talk to the outside world at all.