Episode 43: Meltdown and Spectre

On this special edition of the Ask Noah Show we saw people looking for what they need to know about the latest Intel bugs, Meltdown & Spectre, so we break it down. Plus we take your calls, talk about your War Stories & what you've seen in the field! -- The Cliff Notes -- RedHat Opens up Resources For You (https://twitter.com/RedHatNews/status/948936504453292032) RedHat Resources (https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3307851) Linus Torvalds Advice to Intel (https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/3/797) Intel CEO Sale of Stock Before Security Bug Reveal (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/) Intel Bug Performance Hit (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davealtavilla/2018/01/03/intel-processor-bug-leaves-all-current-chips-vulnerable-and-its-fix-saps-performance/#72b7fb7a570a) Intel Bug Fix Kernel Fix (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5aa90a84589282b87666f92b6c3c917c8080a9bf) Canonical Updates for Meltdown and Spectre (https://insights.ubuntu.com/2018/01/04/ubuntu-updates-for-the-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/) Intel SPI Bug Fix (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147) BIOS Fix Download (http://people.canonical.com/~ypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+20170103+1_amd64.deb) Backup BIOS Fix Update (http://people.canonical.com/~ypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+clear+debug_amd64.deb) See How the Ask Noah Show Got Started (video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CkKku1JAe8) VoxTeleSys (http://www.voxtelesys.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah asknoah [at] jupiterbroadcasting.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Jupiter Broadcasting (https://twitter.com/jbsignal)