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Is there an option to turn off all mitigations? A public hoster is different to my local build server where security is not an issue and only performance counts
by pilmihilmipilmi 7y ago
Is there an option to turn off all mitigations? A public hoster is different to my local build server where security is not an issue and only performance counts.
- jasonhansel 7y agoI believe there are some Linux kernel parameters to tune things.
- sebazzz 7y agoPart of the mitigations is a microcode update, which may be embedded in your computers firmware (BIOS/UEFI). You could of course _not_ update your server firmware, but it could make you vulnerable to all kinds of security issues.
- quantummkv 7y agoLinux 5.2 is supposedly introducing a flag that does exactly what you want. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Spectre-Meltdown-Easy-Switch-52 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Spectre-...