The exploit allows VMs to go into the memory space of other VMs. Very bad. Unless you don't have any sensitive info that needs to stay that way.
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-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 1:35 PM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaw Information
I just can't wait to see what it's going to do to my highly virtualized network--if I ever decide to let it through. Probably a smaller version of what it's already started to do to some commercial cloud systems.
Windows Automatic Updates: Just Say No. (TM)
Also, kudos to Microsoft for shipping their patches a week early, and spontaneously rebooting idle Windows workstations while people were freaking out over the new exploits. Good job!
On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Ken Dibble krdibble@stny.rr.com wrote:
Hi folks,
Ask Woody has a very thorough report on this, with links to more information.
We all need to be fully informed about this; it is going to affect everybody.
Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org
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