To: Swordmaker
For Apple users, the important take away for "Meltdown" is that Apple has already closed that Intel vulnerability door on December 6, 2017. Forgot to mention that Apple closed that door with the release of macOS 10.13.2 High Sierra. If you are not running that version of macOS, you may still be vulnerable. It STILL requires physical access to your Mac to install firmware to exploit this vulnerability and Apple has already closed the door for that, even with Root access. Firmware modification access now requires an additional password above even Root on a Mac.
33 posted on
01/03/2018 8:32:08 PM PST by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
To: Swordmaker
Thank you again SM, for your valuable contributions. 👍
36 posted on
01/03/2018 10:09:49 PM PST by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
To: Swordmaker
It STILL requires physical access to your Mac to install firmware to exploit this vulnerability Yes, though technically that firmware fix closes many other doors as well. It is not just for the IPT flaws mentioned in this article.
42 posted on
01/04/2018 5:57:39 AM PST by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: Swordmaker
It STILL requires physical access to your Mac to install firmware to exploit this vulnerability Yes, though technically that firmware fix closes many other doors as well. It is not just for the IPT flaws mentioned in this article.
43 posted on
01/04/2018 5:57:40 AM PST by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: Swordmaker
46 posted on
01/04/2018 6:27:49 AM PST by
conservatism_IS_compassion
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