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Meltdown, aka “Dear Intel, you suck”

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Re: Meltdown, aka “Dear Intel, you suck”

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Is there not some sort of OS embargo consortium that could be created to resolve this?

they previously broke the KRACK embargo (among others): https://lobste.rs/s/dwzplh/krack_attacks_breaking_wpa2#c_pbh...

it's no surprise they're not high up on the list of important people to tell

Re: Meltdown, aka “Dear Intel, you suck”

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post #7
post #6

Is there not some sort of OS embargo consortium that could be created to resolve this?

they previously broke the KRACK embargo (among others): https://lobste.rs/s/dwzplh/krack_attacks_breaking_wpa2#c_pbh... it's no surprise they're not high up on the list of important people to tell

No one seems to have told the other BSDs, either.

Re: Meltdown, aka “Dear Intel, you suck”

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post #7
post #6

Is there not some sort of OS embargo consortium that could be created to resolve this?

they previously broke the KRACK embargo (among others): https://lobste.rs/s/dwzplh/krack_attacks_breaking_wpa2#c_pbh... it's no surprise they're not high up on the list of important people to tell

And the guy complains in the same paragraph that there are embargoes and that he wasn't in on the embargo... If he doesn't want embargoes he should be happy to discover the vulnerability with everyone else.
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