While all is 'calm and steady and boring' with the next kernel, Linux creator Torvalds tells an Open Source Summit crowd exactly how he feels about almost everything else.
Spectre and Meltdown are an interesting example where I’ve heard from at least one distinguished professor
that “everyone” believed branch prediction design/algorithms were essentially done.
Interesting to hear this.
Was it adequately assessed
from a security POV? Clearly not, but was it assessed from a security POV in general?
I have no idea, but it would be nice as a tech enthusiast and software guy to see the other side of the
fence take these things seriously in a more public way, in particular when it comes to assessing old hardware
for new attack vectors.
Interesting to hear this.
Right.