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by __bjoernd 9y ago
I'm sceptical about the article, too. They ramble about Intel still selling Meltdown-vulnerable processors. What else would they do - stop selling processors for the next 3 years?
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by __bjoernd 9y ago
"I'm first going to check if this business can afford me stealing things." -- no shoplifter. Ever.
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by __bjoernd 9y ago
That's still cool and worth bragging about.
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AWS t2.unlimited(aws.amazon.com)
2 points by __bjoernd 9y ago|1 comments
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by __bjoernd 9y ago
If you skim the common gaming websites and their comment sections you will see that your sentiment is not shared across the audience. Lots of people like to make a fuzz about delays and 'those stupid people not getting their shit toget
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by __bjoernd 9y ago
Unfortunate naming from a German perspective. 'Wixen' translates to 'wank/jerk off' here...
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by __bjoernd 9y ago
But that's how most research funding works. The same is true if you get a government research grant - do what you want, but if they don't like your results, they are unlikely to fund you another round.
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Critical Xen bugs related to PV memory virtualization (XSA-213, XSA-214)(qubes-os.org)
1 points by __bjoernd 9y ago|0 comments
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XEN x86: Privilege escalation in PV guests(xenbits.xen.org)
6 points by __bjoernd 10y ago|1 comments
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Backdooring an AWS account(danielgrzelak.com)
4 points by __bjoernd 10y ago|0 comments
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by __bjoernd 11y ago
And why would those have no security holes? Let me see: * MirageOS runs on Xen. If you break into Xen, you own all unikernels. * OSv runs on Linux. If you break into Linux, you own all unikernels.
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
Running two ISAs at the same time is way more complicated than simply shipping two versions of the binary within the same file.
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
There seem to be research prototypes available, though: https://www.nccgroup.com/en/blog/2015/01/intel-software-guar...
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
But then all software will have to be shipped as ARM and as x86 binaries. Sure, that is possible engineering-wise, but at least the binaries are going to double in size. And there may be slight issues when you migrate applications between t
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
"There wouldn’t have been a “secure enclave” on the iPhone’s processor to store the fingerprint data, nor would there have been perfect hardware-software integration." Well, Intel aren't totally sleeping. They will provide SG
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
If you have some time on your hands, I suggest the Watch and the Witches series in chronological order. They are fine examples of the amount of character development Pratchett made happen and also of himself growing more and more mature and
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
True! And I'm pretty certain that things will only get better once a substantial fraction of the people making web sites gets into this age and have the same problems.
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
There was this talk at last Linux Plumbers Conference, fyi: http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2014/ocw/sessions/2421
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by __bjoernd 12y ago
If the kernel you are running on is vulnerable, it can be attacked and the attacker can circumvent any container isolation. If the hypervisor (Xen!) running underneath your container-Linux is vulnerable, the attacker can get access to your
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by __bjoernd 15y ago
Actually, this comparison is way out of place. Not giving people benefits (but still paying them!) is completely different from imprisoning and torturing people for their race, opinions, or beliefs.
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
And how about just googling the paper's title and finding the author version freely available?
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
The article is not completely correct about the copyright thing. As an ACM author you at least retain the right to publish the paper on your web site. This is much better than say for instance IEEE paper copyright regulations.
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
In an academia of "publish&perish" the benefit of transferring your copyright is that you get published and add another point to your tenure-track bonus list.
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
Thanks for that pointer. Without it I might have just guessed that you may well get guru-like test coverage and aid from other communities.
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
Apart from the points appearing obvious, the article also points out that this was exactly not what his employer did back in the 80s and 90s. And his arguments appear to be more researched than some answer you and I could come up with by us
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
I actually prefer readable code, but I accept that others appreciate small size as well.
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
Well, guess what. He finally had success, regardless of what happened decades ago. ;)
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
I once gave a seminar at a Chinese university and these guys scared the creep out of me. They focussed me for hours without ever moving a limb. Anyway, we should not blame the original valedictorian for her limited views. Experience comes w
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
I remember Paul Graham writing sth. similar in one of his essays on education -- that school is basically only for adults to conduct their daily work while the kids are being watched and that it teaches you values you won't need in later li
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by __bjoernd 16y ago
Note to self: Rust's FAQ actually mentions differences to Go.

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