[c-nsp] [j-nsp] Meltdown and Spectre

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 09:32:23AM +0100, Thilo Bangert wrote:
> Den 06-01-2018 kl. 19:49 skrev Sebastian Becker:
> > Same here. User that have access are implicit trusted.
> 
> You do have individual user accounts on the equipment, right?
> 
> The idea of having secure individual logins goes down the drain with 
> Meltdown and Spectre. You want to be sure that a person logged into a 
> box cannot snoop the password of a co-worker.

Only if said person can execute *arbitrary* code.  Which you can't on my
routers, no matter what sort of account I'm giving you.

gert
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now what should I write here...

Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de
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