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  1. cageymaru

    The Performance Cost of Security Mitigation on Linux 4.19

    Michael Larabel from Phoronix has run three Intel Xeon and two AMD EPYC systems through a battery of testing including a virtual machine to determine the performance cost that security mitigation patches such as Spectre, Meltdown, and Foreshadow have had on the platforms under Linux. The Linux...
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    • amd benchmark foreshadow hyper-threading linux linux 4.19 meltdown michael laradel phoronix security mitigation security patch smt spectre testing vm
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
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    OpenBSD Co-Founder Drops Hyper-Threading Support to Mitigate Foreshadow Attacks

    Theo de Raadt, an OpenBSD co-founder has officially announced that the open-source operating system will not utilize Hyper-threading for Intel processors. He complains that Intel isn't telling them about upcoming discovered threats and the steps that an OS developer needs to take to mitigate...
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    • disable hyper-threading disable smt foreshadow hyper-threading intel mitigation open-source openbsd operating system os smt t1tf theo de raadt tlbleed
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
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    Intel Has Disclosed New Security Flaws that Affect SGX and Virtualization

    Intel has disclosed a new set of security flaws collectively called the L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF). These flaws were discovered in conjunction with researchers at KU Leuven University and other universities. The researchers call their discoveries Foreshadow and Foreshadow - Next Generation (NG)...
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    • disclosure foreshadow foreshadow - ng hypervisor intel l1tf meltdown security sgx smm smt spectre virtualization
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
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