[mailto:plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of
Keith Lofstrom
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:13 PM
To: plug@pdxlinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Meltdown/Spectre, older distros, virtual hosting
Meltdown and Spectre are potential security exploits of flaws in advanced CPU
architectures (Intel, ARM
Meltdown and Spectre are potential security exploits of
flaws in advanced CPU architectures (Intel, ARM, probably
AMD). Flaws that have been there decades, but discovered
and publicised only recently.
I am no security guru, so my strategy has been to use
conservative "proven" distros (like Red
