Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Nov 1998 22:01:11 -0600 (EST) | From | John Fulmer <> | Subject | Re: Intel microcode fixes [OFF-TOPIC] |
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EGADS! Is there NO security on the processor microcode? Could this be exploited to do evil narsty things?
In a serious note (microcode viruses aside), I don't think that I or many other people even knew that Intel's microcode was changeable. I wonder what the security implications could be?
Does Linux protect the cpu at all in this instance?
jf
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Alex Buell wrote:
> For a minute there I was pondering whether to write the world's first > microvirus... >
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