Really – I found XKCD really nailed it
From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.
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Subject: Re: [Wlug] Spectre and Meltdown.
I found the Raspberry Pi Foundation's explanation the most useful: https://www.
raspberrypi.org/blog/why- raspberry-pi-isnt-vulnerable- to-spectre-or-meltdown/
I found some of the non-computer based metaphors a little lacking - they didn't really fit my mental model of the computer.
The Raspberry Pi article explains it in a way that people familiar with basic Python (or almost any procedural language) will be familiar with.
Logan
On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Sweetser, Frank E <fs@wpi.edu> wrote:
This one is my own personal favorite out of what I've seen so far:
https://ds9a.nl/articles/
posts/spectre-meltdown/
Frank Sweetser
Director of Network Operations
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken
From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org> on behalf of Tim Keller <turbofx@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 12:27 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users Group
Subject: [Wlug] Spectre and Meltdown.
There seems to be a HUGE amount of woo regarding spectre and meltdown. This *seems* to me to be the most concise explanation I've heard so far.
Feel free to argue that it's not.
Thanks,
Tim.
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