Archive of posts tagged: Security
A Primer on Security Threats for Computer Architects
Security has recently emerged as a first-class design consideration and an active research area in computer architecture community, with most top-tier conferences dedicating one or more sessions to security topics. Best Paper Awards at two most recent MICRO...
Are Computer Architects to Blame for the State of Security Today?
When it comes to hardware support to mitigate software security issues, there is a significant gap between what is available in products today and known solutions. This article examines the history of architectural support, summarizes research philosophies, and delves...
Please Disclose Security Vulnerabilities!
In a recent opinion post on security disclosures, Uht questions if the public disclosure of hardware security vulnerabilities has had any benefits, and suggests that it would be better not to disclose these vulnerabilities. As Uht points out, debate on security...
Let’s Keep it to Ourselves: Don’t Disclose Vulnerabilities
There are millions of viruses, etc., in the wild today. Countless new ones are devised by black-hat hackers all the time. In order to proactively defend against new exploits, some white-hatters seek out or create weaknesses or vulnerabilities and then devise fixes for them. However, in some cases, such as Spectre, fixes are not readily apparent, either to the inventor or the vendor of the target software or hardware. Regardless of the existence of a fix or not, the question arises as to what to publicize or disclose about the vulnerability. We argue that no public disclosure should be made at all, until and unless the exploit appears in the wild.
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