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Re:Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exp... by dmannorreys on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:18PM (#16073190)
Are you saying a bug cannot exist unless some functionality is specifically mentioned in the specification, and broken in reality?
Re:Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exp... by dekhn on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:15PM (#16073665)
From the perspective of Intel, as well as most of the microprocessor industry, yeah. Even "broken in reality" is arguable: while this is indeed an exploit, choosing performance over security (when the resources to implement a chip are finite) is a legitimate design tradeoff.
Re:Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exp... by stcredzero on Friday January 05, 2018 @01:50PM (#16080637)
Are you saying a bug cannot exist unless some functionality is specifically mentioned in the specification, and broken in reality?

That's a philosophical stance known as "positivism."