17 Sep
2019
17 Sep
'19
12:08 p.m.
On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
I could easily imagine a computer science exam
question "Describe in one
paragraph the specific design error that enabled the Meltdown attack".
I used to have some related questions in my microcomputer operating
systems class. One student (who later became my best friend and buddy)
skipped the technical details and said, "The primary design error for
MacOS and Windoze (sic) is that they placed a lower priority on security,
than on being able to transparently and without user action, add
smell-o-vision, dancing kangaroos and yodelling jellyfish."
(YES, that's where I got that phrase from.)