Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:17:29 -0800 (PST) | From | Tim Smith <> | Subject | Re: Intel microcode fixes [OFF-TOPIC] |
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It would be easy, it seems to me, for Intel to make it so that the microcode can only be changed once per processor reset, by simply including in any microcode update code to remove the ability to update the microcode. That seems safer than relying on the OS to prevent malicious microcode updates.
--Tim Smith
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