heatlesssun
Extremely [H]
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2005
- Messages
- 44,154
I guess if patched I'm gonna get a performance hit.
Could someone please explain in laymen terms how the attack is hit on the machine, what the attack does and how to prevent it from happening by taking security measures without patching???
Meltdown requires a kernel patch and Specter a firmware update, that's the only way to mitigate these issues currently. I know a lot of folks are concerned about the performance hit but for typical desktop use, web browsing, gaming, productivity apps, etc. I don't think 95% would notice any difference without looking at benchmarks. My Surface Book 2 got the firmware update last week along with the Windows 10 update and in use during the last week, web browsing, gaming, productivity apps, etc. there's simply been no performance hit that has been remotely noticeable.
These are such low level issues impacting so many thing that unless someone has a VERY good and quantifiable reason I think avoiding patching these issues isn't worth it.