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> the crazy thing is that nobody saw this until recently. Correct me if I'm wrong, but speculative execution attacks (or at least the possibility) were known f
by orbital-decay 8y ago
> the crazy thing is that nobody saw this until recently.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but speculative execution attacks (or at least the possibility) were known for several years before Spectre.
- MiroF 8y agoYou're not wrong - side channel attacks have been around for forever
- gpderetta 8y agoNot all side channel attacks rely on speculation, although I think all known speculation attacks necessarily rely on side channels to exfiltrate information. I'm not an expert but I think that specifically attacking speculation was novel.