27 Jun
2018
27 Jun
'18
8:30 a.m.
On 26 Jun 2018, at 23:20, Bakul Shah <bakul(a)bitblocks.com> wrote:
With new attacks like TLBleed etc. it is becoming increasingly clear that
caching (hidden memory to continue with the illusion of a simple memory
model) itself is a potential security issue. I didn't think anything the
author said was particularly controversial any more. A lot of processor
evolution seems to have been to accommodate C's simple memory model.
That's the strangest thing to see: *why do people think the point he's making is
in any way controversial*, because it's so obvious.
(But then I'm also annoyed by the paper because I've been talking about
'giant PDP-11s' for a long time and now he's stolen (obviously not stolen:
independently come up with) my term, pretty much.)