[f-nsp] Spectre and Meltdown

[Jörg Kost]

Hi,

let my statement be as speculative as speculative executions on recent 
cpus, because "they" are still investigating things.

Meltdown:
The slx can be affected, because its using a x86-intel chip for the 
control plane and also running a hypervisor.

Spectre:
On paper all devices running  x86, ppc, … can be affected, although it 
may come down to the point if there is a possibility to run user or 
malicious code.

The older generation (fastiron, mlx, …)  has a historic advantage over 
the newer generation (vdx, slx), that can run whole applications or 
scripts. But I am very sure the newer generation is going to have 
mitigation patches this year.

Jörg


On 8 Jan 2018, at 7:35, Rajesh Singh wrote:

> Dear All.
>
> You must have heard about the Spectre and Meltdown.
>
> Are Brocade  switches are effected by this issue...any idea
>
> Regards
>
>  Rajesh Singh,
>
>