Potential band-aid for Meltdown

[Mike Tancsa]

On 1/4/2018 10:27 AM, Eric McCorkle wrote:
> I was thinking over meltdown mitigations this morning, and a thought
> occurred to me (which falls in line with general ideas I've been pursuing)

A pretty neat idea.  But in terms of keeping crypto keys safe, why not
something behind a pkcs11 interface (e.g. eToken) or tpm ?

	---Mike
> 
> I realize it's not a perfect solution by far, but it would provide some
> level of mitigation (especially for things like GELI) that could hold
> people over until they can replace their hardware.



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