(02-28-2018, 02:51 PM)trinidad link Wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Kno...wn/TechFAQ

I doubt microcode updation will ever appear for anything older than Skylake, and though Intel is already facing over 30 litigations I expect class actions to branch out to include OEMs Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Asus. We've only just begun in Linux with retpoline and it's going to be an application by application case instance without microdode updation for older CPUs. Worse off MS is riddled with potential sleeper applications and the Spring update is probably going to kill off hordes of current Windows 10 users on machines older than Skylake who will find themselves unable to connect to their financial institutions.

TC

So what are we saying here please?  Are we saying, even with the patches from the recent Kernel update for LL, because of thepre skylake CPUs, our  older machines are still vulnerable  even when J's  test reports no vulnerabily.

I.e ALL older hardware is now "junk" if used "online".

Can not the anti virus / malware boys evolve their products to screen for "code" that  would exploit these vulnerabilities.?

Very confused as to what all this will mean for the average user.  Does it mean online shopping/ banking etc is potentially now a nono!! ??