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Meltdown let processes access kernel memory which was supposed to be hardware protected. That is a violation of the chipmakers obligation, not the software obli
by MiroF 8y ago
Meltdown let processes access kernel memory which was supposed to be hardware protected. That is a violation of the chipmakers obligation, not the software obligation.
- tntn 8y ago... yeah. And that is a different discussion. The article, and the discussion here, is regarding side channels attacks within a single process. I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that the hardware (or some conspiracy of the hardware and kernel) must provide process isolation.