If this is what it is, then in my book it's not a new flaw, just an instance of Variant 1. I never considered the cache to be the only side channel available. Pretty sure I mentioned DIV and execution unit timing at some point.https://twitter.com/11rcombs/status/954069852062396416 …
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This is why I keep saying Variant 1 (which I call MISPREDICT) is a pervasive problem that requires changing the way we teach CS to fix, not something you can fix in the compiler like MS seem to think you can.
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I mentioned this alternate side channel here.https://github.com/marcan/speculation-bugs/pull/2#issuecomment-355904408 …
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Added a note about alternate side channels to the doc: https://github.com/marcan/speculation-bugs/blob/master/README.md#alternate-side-channels …
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