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Covert and side channels due to processor architecture (2006)

by contrarian_ on 1/4/18, 1:53 PM with 1 comments

  • by contrarian_ on 1/4/18, 1:55 PM

    From the abstract:

    > Information leakage through covert channels and side channels is becoming a serious problem, especially when these are enhanced by modern processor architecture features. We show how processor architecture features such as simultaneous multithreading, control speculation and shared caches can inadvertently accelerate such covert channels or enable new covert channels and side channels.