CPU hardware vulnerable to side-channel attacks

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DennisMCSE

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Posted 1515094738	Reply with quote #1

CPU hardware implementations are vulnerable to side-channel attacks referred to as Meltdown and Spectre: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653
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cspanburgh

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Posted 1515164543	Reply with quote #2

This REALLY is a problem. Unless Intel and AMD have a plan, this could interrupt business all over the world. __________________ Curt Spanburgh
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DennisMCSE

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Posted 1515168028	Reply with quote #3

Looks like a lot of computer and software manufacturers have a plan to provide patches: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-004A But once a system is patched, the patch can slow down performance on the computer/server between 2% and 30%. So everyone is going to have to monitor the performance of their applications and services to see if there is any tweaks they can do to minimize the performance hit. I'm sure database software (that depends on the CPU to crunch numbers) will take a hit to performance.
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DennisMCSE

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Posted 1515178023	Reply with quote #4

Just found an article from Microsoft on how this patch affects SQL Server versions and what needs to be done: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073225/guidance-for-sql-server
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