Comments on: OS makers slow to fix flaw, researcher says

Microsoft and some Linux vendors have yet to patch a hole related to a flaw in some Intel chips, despite having two months' notice.

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wait until it is exploited

Microsoft traditionally does not fix flaws until:
1. Press makes a big deal about the flaw
2. Millions of computers are exploited

That should read

Red Hat, Novell, Mandriva and Microsoft. For some reason, it's easier for some to just slag off M$.

In this case, it would seem reasonable to criticise M$ - bloody pathetic response. But let's spread the blame around to those others who also deserve blame.

[TimeBomb]

Typical, typical

What a surprise that some clueless, fangless keyboard vomit would flow from someone who simply keyed on the word "Microsoft" in the article. This issue isn't restricted to Microsoft products, or even software in general.

Read the other comments; they were much more insightful than yours.

silly

There's a better chance of somebody breaking into your office, or getting a search warrant against you, and stealing your machine than loosing a private key as a result of this exploit.

Just plain silly.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

Agreed

This looks like a BSD evangelist looking for some
attention.

[John Kuzak]

result of this exploit

http://www.analogstereo.com/turntable_kuzma_stabi_s.htm

[ygtbfkm]

overreacting

While the attack described is certainly interesting, it is quite
impractical in real use, and only relevant in very limited
situations.

In addition, the required fixes in the operating system are non-
trivial, and in many cases will lead to a severe performance hit.
It isn't just a simple case of "here's the flaw, now fix it in a
couple months". It is best fixed in the hardware, but it really
doesn't seem to me to be that urgent a fix.

It is also completely unnecessary to do anything about for home
users, and even most servers, regardless of which OS you're
talking about.