Latest advice from Intel: https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00088&languageid=en-fr
No mention of warranty :) News to me, defect applies also in AMD and ARM. Very interested to hear if anyone takes this to Dep't Fair Trading and the response. Kind regards Paul Wilkins On 8 January 2018 at 11:50, James Hodgkinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, we have security appliances sold on performance figures that’ll be > checked and pointed at pretty firmly post patching. > > > On Mon, 8 Jan 2018, at 09:57, Mark Newton wrote: > > The phrase, “Of merchantable quality and fitness for purpose,” will become > increasingly familiar to vendors over the next few weeks. > > Note that if you have relied on performance statements from a server > vendor, and that performance can’t be delivered because the CPU can’t > operate as advertised, both the CPU vendor *and the server vendor* have > an obligation to make good. > > Start on page 5: > https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Warranties%20and% > 20refunds%20-%20a%20guide%20for%20consumers%20and%20business.pdf > > > - mark > > > > On Jan 5, 2018, at 1:18 AM, Giles Pollock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From their warranty section: > > WHAT THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER: > • design defects or errors in the Product (Errata). Contact Intel for > information on characterized errata. > • any costs associated with the repair or replacement of the Product, > including costs of removal or replacement of the Product; > • damage to the Product, or errors or malfunctions in the Product, due to > accident, abnormal electrical, mechanical or environmental conditions, use > contrary to product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, mishandling, > repair, improper installation or testing, combinations with incompatible > products or any third party virus, infection, worm or similar malicious > code; > • that the Product will protect against all possible security threats, > including intentional misconduct by third parties; > • any Product which has been modified or operated outside of Intel’s > publicly available specifications, including where clock frequencies or > voltages have been altered, or where the original identification markings > have been removed, altered or obliterated. Intel assumes no responsibility > that the Product, including if used with altered clock frequencies or > voltages, will be fit for any particular purpose and will not cause any > damage or injury. > > Option 1 and 4 seems to have them covered :-( > > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:07 AM, James Hodgkinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Watch them pull out the “this warranty doesn’t actually cover anything, > and we don’t say it’ll work in all conditions” card. It’ll be nice to get a > free CPU if they do have to, however! :) > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2018, at 18:32, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote: > > If the hardware is under warranty, I'd be expecting the vendor to replace > the CPU's with updated ones which are not affected? (oh man that's going > to hurt Intel?) > > On 4 January 2018 at 16:31, Burt Mascareigne <[email protected]> > wrote: > > So, with this performance hit, does that mean we have to buy more Intel > Servers to cope O_o > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > *Burt Mascareigne Mobile* 0414 450 962 *Office* (02) 9965 5422 > *Address* Level 19, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney NSW 2000 > *Web* http://www.stormnetwork.com.au <image002.png> > > > > > > *From:* AusNOG [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul > Wilkins > *Sent:* Thursday, 4 January 2018 3:52 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AusNOG] [AUSNOG] MS patches Intel memory management > > > > Fix for security bug in Intel CPUs will be released patch Tuesday, and > predictions are of a 5 - 30% performance hit. > > This is a problem in cloud, but I'm sure it will all be good on the day :) > > Kind regards > > Paul Wilkins > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > > -- > > Damien Gardner Jnr > VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust > [email protected] - http://www.rendrag.net/ > -- > We rode on the winds of the rising storm, > We ran to the sounds of thunder. > We danced among the lightning bolts, > and tore the world asunder > > *_______________________________________________* > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > *_______________________________________________* > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > >
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