Vaskez, I've read your post a few times. It's brilliantly broken down. I see what you're saying and pretty much understand. Since reading the subsequent responses, new questions popped into my head. But I'll bow out, methinks, I've obviously bitten off more than I can chew.
Cheers for a well constructed answer.
Thanks for the tip on RSA as well Lennon.
One thing that kinda worries me is this ...I'm assuming that my home computer is a desktop computer.
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single-user systems (i.e., desktop computers) are not affected.
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followed up in the Q&A with..
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Do I need to worry about my home computer?
Probably not. This security flaw is primarily a problem for servers
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"Probably" and "primarily" wouldn't instill much confidence if I was a home user running one of those processors.
P.S. I've tried to respond a couple of times but the forums, for me at least seem to go down with some regularity.
[ 05-24-2005, 09:00 PM: Message edited by: Charlie ]