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ThePythonicCow
7th September 2016, 20:40
If you're a geek who loves cryptography, the interaction of hardware (DRAM row hammer (http://www.ddrdetective.com/row-hammer/)) with virtual memory software, and ingenuous bit fiddling, enjoy this description of Flip Feng Shui (https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity16/technical-sessions/presentation/razavi) that Steve Gibson of grc.com (http://grc.com[/url) gives, starting at 1:43:39 (https://youtu.be/8wGR_LPh42k?t=1h43m39s) into this week's Security Now podcast with Leo Laporte:
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Magnus
7th September 2016, 23:08
That is extremely geeky. Paul, could you personally manage such an exploit? You are obviously very sharp.
ThePythonicCow
8th September 2016, 05:26
That is extremely geeky. Paul, could you personally manage such an exploit? You are obviously very sharp.

Probably, given sufficient time, yes, but it would take me far too long to be relevant.