Is FreeBSD UNIX protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

Erich Dollansky freebsd.ed.lists at sumeritec.com
Tue Feb 20 10:01:34 UTC 2018


Hi,

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:50:41 +0800
Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <tdteoenming at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running pfSense firewall community edition at home in Singapore.
> What are the patches that I can download and install to be protected
> against the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities?
> 
use either FreeBSD 11 or FreeBSD 12 in their most current versions.

Like for all other operating systems too, it is not a protection, it is
just a mitigation.

Erich


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