Subj : Re: Timing side channels (was: [.NET] Volatile Fields)
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 12:36 am


"David Hopwood" <david.nospam.hopwood@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:S7WWe.74800$2n6.57680@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

> It's misleading to call timing side channels just a performance effect.
> I think most PGP users or SSL server operators would raise an eyebrow if 
> you
> told them that compromise of their private key was just a performance 
> effect,
> for instance.

    If they rely upon isolation that's not guaranteed, they get what they 
deserve.

    DS

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