[GTALUG] another example of why you want drivers with nice licenses

Nvidia is forbidding the use of consumer graphics cards in datacentres. They do that by terms in the driver licensing. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

On January 4, 2018 12:08:16 AM EST, Dhaval Giani wrote: >Russell > >On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:59 PM Russell Reiter >wrote: > >> >> >> On January 3, 2018 10:56:30 PM EST, Dhaval Giani > >> wrote: >> > >>

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:53 PM John Sellens via talk wrote: > One could assert that the days of time sharing systems are largely over, > at least on production systems that people care about. > > And I think it's fair to say that it has been good practice for quite > some time

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

Russell On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:59 PM Russell Reiter wrote: > > > On January 3, 2018 10:56:30 PM EST, Dhaval Giani > wrote: > > > https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.ca/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html > >gives the gory details > >

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

On January 3, 2018 10:56:30 PM EST, Dhaval Giani wrote: > https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.ca/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html >gives the gory details > >At this point, I cannot stress on how important it is to update your >systems as soon as your

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

One could assert that the days of time sharing systems are largely over, at least on production systems that people care about. And I think it's fair to say that it has been good practice for quite some time to not allow random binaries to run on systems you care about. I have no idea whether

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.ca/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html gives the gory details At this point, I cannot stress on how important it is to update your systems as soon as your distribution ships them. I am hoping this remains to be a once in a lifetime event. Dhaval

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

As more proprietary information emerges, it appears to look more like I. Flemming than W. Shakespeare. Typically an out of order execution a la SPECTRE. https://meltdownattack.com On January 3, 2018 9:50:38 PM EST, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: >| From: R360 Design INC

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

| From: R360 Design INC via talk | Trying to write a haiku about Python on Linux - something along the | line of drawing analogy from the relationship of Cleopatra and Mark | Anthony. Anyone has too much time on their hands? Cleopatra was killed by asp, not python. Active

Re: [GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

Trying to write a haiku about Python on Linux - something along the line of drawing analogy from the relationship of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony. Anyone has too much time on their hands? r360design.ca On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Russell via talk wrote: > Here's an

[GTALUG] python sweetness — The mysterious case of the Linux Page Table

Here's an interesting read; as the author says, it looks like it's an intriguing start to the new year. http://pythonsweetness.tumblr.com/post/169166980422/the-mysterious-case-of-the-linux-page-table -- Russell --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk