• tblFlip@pawb.social
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    im honestly not really surprised anymore. i fully expect to see a lot more of these types of bugs in the coming years

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      Just wait for quantum computers to take off, our current encryption can be broken with them

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          Yeah but just think of all the work that needs redoing to the encryption systems around the world.

          Also someone could intercept and save data that has been encrypted with our standard method now and wait for quantum computing to crack it

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        absolutely. a lot of currently in use public key schemes may be broken with those. more recently there have been a few newer algorithm such as kyber that do have a chance to hold. think NIST is also holding a bit of a competition, but dont quote me on that. i really dont know alot about post-quantum crypto

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    What kinds of workloads are affected?

    Is there a way to not install this update? I’m the only person who uses the desktop in my home.

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        If the vulnerability is part of a feature designed for niche use cases, then it’s far safer than one that affects general use. I highly doubt most people are going to run virtual machines, plus the main target is server hosts that use VMs to run multiple servers of the same type on the same box. I might run a VM at some point in the future, but when I do I’ll take steps to avoid any issues, like only enabling virtualization in the first place when I need it. Sure, that means I need to boot into the UEFI before and after every time I run a VM, but that’s not an issue on the system I’d be running it on. And I’d rather have that inconvenience than have to worry about a vulnerability at all times.

        In short, it’s a matter of risk management.

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        At this point, I almost feel like we need to start over with the idea of pipelining in CPUs, as though it were some kind of original sin. The fact that the most basic of errors in pipelined logic are referred to as “hazards” should have been a hint.

        (Edit: only half kidding)