Reading privileged memory with a side-channel

Re:Reading privileged memory with a side-channel by pgt on Friday January 05, 2018 @01:03PM (#16080265)

Fantastic explanation of cache timing attacks. This morning I was explaining spectre to non-technical people and let me tell you, "leaking L1 CPU cache memory," is a real party starter. So I'm using there librarian example going forward.

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Re:Reading privileged memory with a side-channel by pgt on Saturday January 06, 2018 @03:37PM (#16087310)

I used your explanation in a longer note, "Spectre: How do side-channel attacks work?"[^1] to try and explain how side-channel attacks work (partly to myself, and partly to non-hackers).

[^note]: https://www.facebook.com/notes/petrus-theron/spectre-how-do-...

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Re:Reading privileged memory with a side-channel by hyperion2010 on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:37AM (#16104520)

Thanks for the heads up!

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