Mam v okoli slusnu hromadku gentoo serverov. Kernel uz mam pripraveny a "tesim sa" ako budem rekompilovat cely system. Ale gcc vlastne este nie je opravene (aspon verzia 7, ktoru pouzivam). Kernel ma tiez len jednu z dvoch oprav. Intel vydal novy firmware len pre nove cpu, takze pre mna 6 serverov z asi 30. Bios som radsej ani nehladal.
Co teraz? Proste to nebude? Mali 7 mesiacov casu a stale nic? Oplati sa nasadit ciastkove riesenia? Je mi jasny pokles vykonu, mozne pady atd. ale som vobec schopny sa tento tyzden ochranit?
From: https://spectreattack.com/
Why is it called Spectre?
The name is based on the root cause, speculative execution. As it is not easy to fix, it will haunt us for quite some time.