Re: Intel Pentium Bug: BSDI Releases a patch

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 01:36:23 -0500 (EST)

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> At the moment its not clear if the page table trick fixes all cases, and there
> may be other pentium bugs. Robert Collins has stated he knows an even more
> serious bug that allows any task to become privileged, and done so on usenet
> given his apparent nonfriendly relationship with intel the fact this has
> neither been refuted or him sued makes me suspect he is telling the truth.

Great... that's wonderful... I can't find the article you're talking
about, did he mention anything else? Like which processors this effects?
(I was thrilled that we went with PPros and PIIs for our servers here...)
-Rob H.

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