[Cryptography] This is it, we're all going to die

[John Ioannidis]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:09 PM Theodore Ts'o <tytso at mit.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 06:05:26AM +0000, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> > [...]
> > The Linux kernel has X.509 processing inside it.
> >
> > We're all going to die.
>
> It could be worse.  Your CPU could have a hidden x.509 processing code
> *and* a web server, that isn't getting regular security patches, and
> was probably written by firmware engieners.
>
> Oh, wait....
>
>
> https://www.networkworld.com/article/3236064/minix-the-most-popular-os-in-the-world-thanks-to-intel.html
>
>
We are already dead, it's just that the cache coherence circuitry hasn't
caught up with us.

Panda Hippo Gnu Deer

/ji
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