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Re:Fast Machines, Slow Machines by syntheticnature on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:42PM (#36510693)
Assuming the binary on the disk hasn't changed opens to time of use type attacks, where an "evil disk" is substituted that changes the binary after the first load. (Or, more likely, some sort of rootkit)

Unlikely, yes, but that sort of thing comes up in security reviews.

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Re:Fast Machines, Slow Machines by qsantos on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:12PM (#36511140)
Check it with a cryptographic hash. With I/O bottleneck, and assuming a SSD at 300 MB/s, that should bring the latency to 3 ms, well below human perception. Even the 60 MB/s of slow HDDs should be more than fine.

Anyone who has worked on optimizing complex programs knows that you can do a lot with a computer. > 100 ms latency to open Notepad is just ridiculous.

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