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SubjectRe: x86 MSRs - example program
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>> ON the other hand... security hole????? how????????
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>Cryptography. If you know exactly how long a given algorithm takes for
>different inputs, you can sometimes infer clues about the secret key.

gettimeofyday is always available, and in that scenario is just
as good as rdtsc.

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