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Secure Speculative Execution

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We’re starting to see research into designing speculative execution systems that avoid Spectre- and Meltdown-like security problems. Here’s one.

I don’t know if this particular design is secure. My guess is that we’re going to see several iterations of design and attack before we settle on something that works. But it’s good to see the research results emerge.

News article.

Tags: hardware, operating systems

Posted on June 25, 2018 at 5:00 AM24 Comments

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