Disable SMT/Hyperthreading in all Intel BIOSes

Re:Disable SMT/Hyperthreading in all Intel BIOSes by abcdef123xyz123 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @05:09PM (#17830727)

OpenBSD has never disobeyed an embargo. Argued for them to be reduced, criticized them, but not disobeyed them.

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Re:Disable SMT/Hyperthreading in all Intel BIOSes by DannyBee on Friday August 24, 2018 @01:10AM (#17832920)

i'm pretty sure this is not true: The most recent example i remember is: https://lobste.rs/s/dwzplh/krack_attacks_breaking_wpa2#c_pbh...

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Re:Disable SMT/Hyperthreading in all Intel BIOSes by capt8bit on Friday August 24, 2018 @01:39AM (#17833023)

This is common misinformation. Even in this case, OpenBSD did not break the embargo. After protesting, they received the permission of the researcher to publish:

  Note that I wrote and included a suggested diff for OpenBSD already, and that
  at the time the tentative disclosure deadline was around the end of August. As
  a compromise, I allowed them to silently patch the vulnerability.

(https://www.krackattacks.com/#openbsd)

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