[AusNOG] [AUSNOG] MS patches Intel memory management

[Robert Hudson]

Noting that consumer protection laws over-ride anything stated in a
warranty limitations statement...

On 5 Jan. 2018 1:19 am, "Giles Pollock" <glp71s at gmail.com> wrote:

> From their warranty section:
>
> WHAT THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER:
> • design defects or errors in the Product (Errata). Contact Intel for
> information on characterized errata.
> • any costs associated with the repair or replacement of the Product,
> including costs of removal or replacement of the Product;
> • damage to the Product, or errors or malfunctions in the Product, due to
> accident, abnormal electrical, mechanical or environmental conditions, use
> contrary to product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, mishandling,
> repair, improper installation or testing, combinations with incompatible
> products or any third party virus, infection, worm or similar malicious
> code;
> • that the Product will protect against all possible security threats,
> including intentional misconduct by third parties;
> • any Product which has been modified or operated outside of Intel’s
> publicly available specifications, including where clock frequencies or
> voltages have been altered, or where the original identification markings
> have been removed, altered or obliterated. Intel assumes no responsibility
> that the Product, including if used with altered clock frequencies or
> voltages, will be fit for any particular purpose and will not cause any
> damage or injury.
>
> Option 1 and 4 seems to have them covered :-(
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:07 AM, James Hodgkinson <yaleman at ricetek.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Watch them pull out the “this warranty doesn’t actually cover anything,
>> and we don’t say it’ll work in all conditions” card. It’ll be nice to get a
>> free CPU if they do have to, however! :)
>>
>> On Thu, 4 Jan 2018, at 18:32, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
>>
>> If the hardware is under warranty, I'd be expecting the vendor to replace
>> the CPU's with updated ones which are not affected?  (oh man that's going
>> to hurt Intel?)
>>
>> On 4 January 2018 at 16:31, Burt Mascareigne <Burt at stormnetwork.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>> So, with this performance hit, does that mean we have to buy more Intel
>> Servers to cope O_o
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Paul
>> Wilkins
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 4 January 2018 3:52 PM
>> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>> *Subject:* [AusNOG] [AUSNOG] MS patches Intel memory management
>>
>>
>>
>> Fix for security bug in Intel CPUs will be released patch Tuesday, and
>> predictions are of a 5 - 30% performance hit.
>>
>> This is a problem in cloud, but I'm sure it will all be good on the day :)
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Paul Wilkins
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