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Spectre - Completely harmless if you're the sole user of a processor, nasty in clusters/cloud computing
Meltdown - Fucking horrible and Intel are being weasels about it
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 16:57, , Reply)
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Meltdown. Already patched.
Spectre. Unfixable as yet barring product recall
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 17:16, , Reply)
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Not all the meltdown patches are out yet - try getting a patch on Debian for example. Also unless your AV software is confirmed to work with the Windows patches, they just won't install at all. We run Sophos and they're not planning on certifying it to work with the patch before next week.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 17:29, , Reply)
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You're fine if you're running vanilla windows and primary Linux distos AND can have downtime for patches. Otherwise meltdown is a shocker...
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 17:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Shocker? You mean two in the pink
and one in the stink?

Not good for server environments although I hear subs are fine with it.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 17:49, , Reply)
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We're running vanilla Windows 10, with a very popular corporate AV, and last I checked Debian was a primary distribution. So yes, we're fine apart from the fact the patches aren't available.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 20:11, , Reply)