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Re:Nethammer: Inducing Rowhammer Faults Through Network Requ... by rasz on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @11:54AM (#17074891)
Throwhammer: > 9.375 million packets per second

Nethammer: > 1 024 000 packets per second over a 500 Mbit/s connection ......Hence, we conclude that in theory...

Both currently at best lead to server crash, and are highly impractical.

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Re:Nethammer: Inducing Rowhammer Faults Through Network Requ... by nyolfen on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @02:49PM (#17076576)
it seems eminently plausible to me to carry out an attack from a device on the same network, cohosted at the same facility, etc
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