From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 09:33:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24A931065673 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:33:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hselasky@c2i.net) Received: from swip.net (mailfe07.swip.net [212.247.154.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6FF78FC14 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:33:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hselasky@c2i.net) X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=RS3XF5jzCkUA:10 a=WgcDcu6fwegA:10 a=BSzgLLATEQ_EGcnE1HQA:9 a=Abt19Q3WRVF9qj0K5o7c_j9v_FAA:4 a=50e4U0PicR4A:10 Received: from [193.217.167.134] (account mc467741@c2i.net HELO [10.0.0.249]) by mailfe07.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.4b) with ESMTPA id 1007121184 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:33:27 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:35:04 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807151035.05427.hselasky@c2i.net> Subject: Thinking about buying a new computer - attack code for Intel chips X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:33:31 -0000 Hi, According to the latest news on Slashdot there are now exploits going around attacking INTEL CPU bugs. Does anyone have a clue about what architectures and CPUs are safe? My computer is getting old and I might buy a new one. Any recommendations for a safe choice? --HPS