Episode 44: RedHat with Brandon Johnson




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Summary: <p>We pick up where we left off last Friday with our discussion about Spectre &amp; Meltdown. Brandon Johnson from RedHat joins us to talk about this important topic &amp; what he and his team at RedHat are doing to mitigate this disaster.</p> <h3><strong>-- The Cliff Notes --</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073707/windows-operating-system-security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devi?ranMID=24542&amp;ranEAID=nOD%2FrLJHOac&amp;ranSiteID=nOD_rLJHOac-AVnR8kDXzs7ZsWhqsDfF6A&amp;tduid=(f0187439558fdb09f4f2aa182b303234)(256380)(2459594)(nOD_rLJHOac-AVnR8kDXzs7ZsWhqsDfF6A)()" rel="nofollow">Problem Booting Windows with AMD</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/meltdown-spectre-non-technical/" rel="nofollow">Meltdown and Spectre for Non Technical Users</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-linux-vs-meltdown-and-spectre-battle-continues/" rel="nofollow">Meltdown and Spectre the Battle Continues</a></li> <li><a href="https://meltdownattack.com/" rel="nofollow">Meltdown Attack Simply Explained</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/what-are-meltdown-and-spectre-here%E2%80%99s-what-you-need-know" rel="nofollow">What RedHat says You Need to Know</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/3246189/security/microsoft-halts-meltdown-patches-windows-amd-pcs-unbootable.html" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Haults Patches</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/09/microsoft-halts-meltdown-spectre-amd-patches/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Haults Patches Cont.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-spectre-bug-collision-intel-chip-flaw-discovery/" rel="nofollow">Meltdown Spectre Bug Collision</a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2CZKsIb" rel="nofollow">Kids Router</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/RedHatNews/status/948936504453292032" rel="nofollow">RedHat Opens up Resources For You</a></li> <li><a href="https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3307851" rel="nofollow">RedHat Resources</a></li> <li><a href="https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/3/797" rel="nofollow">Linus Torvalds Advice to Intel</a></li> <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/" rel="nofollow">Intel CEO Sale of Stock Before Security Bug Reveal</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/davealtavilla/2018/01/03/intel-processor-bug-leaves-all-current-chips-vulnerable-and-its-fix-saps-performance/#72b7fb7a570a" rel="nofollow">Intel Bug Performance Hit</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5aa90a84589282b87666f92b6c3c917c8080a9bf" rel="nofollow">Intel Bug Fix Kernel Fix</a></li> <li> <a href="https://insights.ubuntu.com/2018/01/04/ubuntu-updates-for-the-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow">Canonical Updates for Meltdown and Spectre</a> +<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147" rel="nofollow">Intel SPI Bug Fix</a> </li> <li><a href="http://people.canonical.com/%7Eypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+20170103+1_amd64.deb" rel="nofollow">BIOS Fix Download</a></li> <li><a href="http://people.canonical.com/%7Eypwong/lp1734147/linux-image-4.15.0-041500rc6-generic_4.15.0-041500rc6.201712312330+clear+debug_amd64.deb" rel="nofollow">Backup BIOS Fix Update</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CkKku1JAe8" rel="nofollow">See How the Ask Noah Show Got Started (video)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com" rel="nofollow">VoxTeleSys</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>-- Stay In Touch --</strong></h3> <p><strong>Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" rel="nofollow">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show!</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.altispeed.com/" rel="nofollow">Altispeed Technologies</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Contact Noah</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>asknoah [at] jupiterbroadcasting.com</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>-- Twitter --</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kernellinux" rel="nofollow">Noah - Kernellinux</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/asknoahshow" rel="nofollow">Ask Noah Show</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/altispeed" rel="nofollow">Altispeed Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jbsignal" rel="nofollow">Jupiter Broadcasting</a></li> </ul>