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  • Core 2 Duo: Intel's insecurity blanket

    06/29/2007 10:32:48 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 12 replies · 397+ views
    The Register ^ | 28 June 2007 | Dan Goodin
    A prominent software developer with a reputation for making waves in coding circles is doing it again - this time warning that Intel's celebrated Core 2 Duo is vulnerable to security attacks that target known bugs in the processor. Discussion forums on Slashdot and elsewhere were ablaze with comments responding to the claims made by Theo de Raadt, who is the founder of OpenBSD. Intel strongly discounted the report, saying engineers have thoroughly scanned the processor for vulnerabilities. In it he warns that errata contained in the Intel processor is susceptible to security exploits that put users and enterprises at...