[89701] in Cypherpunks
Re: WARNING: Serious Pentium Bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Bradley)
Mon Nov 10 08:33:43 1997
From: "Paul Bradley" <csm70830@port.ac.uk>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:02:16 GMT
In-reply-to: <199711091525.JAA10950@dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: "Paul Bradley" <csm70830@port.ac.uk>
> >This require no special permissions to run, it works fine with
> >average-joe-userspace permissions. I have verified this, it works.
> >Demand a new CPU from Intel.
>
> This didn't crash my Pentium. Hoax?
No way, this P200 croaked instantly the code was run, in the wrong
hands this has serious network takedown potential.
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Paul Bradley
paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
"Why should anyone want to live on rails?" - Stephen Fry
