<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:09 PM Theodore Ts'o <<a href="mailto:tytso@mit.edu">tytso@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 06:05:26AM +0000, Peter Gutmann wrote:<br>
> [...]<br>
> The Linux kernel has X.509 processing inside it.<br>
> <br>
> We're all going to die.<br>
<br>
It could be worse.  Your CPU could have a hidden x.509 processing code<br>
*and* a web server, that isn't getting regular security patches, and<br>
was probably written by firmware engieners.<br>
<br>
Oh, wait....<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/3236064/minix-the-most-popular-os-in-the-world-thanks-to-intel.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.networkworld.com/article/3236064/minix-the-most-popular-os-in-the-world-thanks-to-intel.html</a><br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We are already dead, it's just that the cache coherence circuitry hasn't caught up with us.</div><div><br></div><div>Panda Hippo Gnu Deer</div><div><br></div><div>/ji </div></div></div>