Reply to post: Re: A simple mitigation

SPOILER alert, literally: Intel CPUs afflicted with simple data-spewing spec-exec vulnerability

Duncan Macdonald

Re: A simple mitigation

When untrustworthy JavaScript has to be executed - do it in a VM running a Linux Live CD (no persistent storage) - kill the VM after using the site. This will protect against the majority of JavaScript nasties (but not Spectre/Spoiler/Meltdown unfortunately).

If you need maximum possible security - use a separate PC with no hard disk running from a Linux Live CD and shut it down after visiting the suspect site. (Inconvenient as hell but immune to all known software nasties.)

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