mtigas

(originally from a tweet thread: https://twitter.com/mtigas/status/949337073495916544 )

updated january 5, 2018; 12:47 US Eastern Time

ok here's a rough list of links i have collected about patches for meltdown / spectre https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653 , that i sort of compiled for my own reference but figure others might want. (info as of this morning, january 5. might have mistakes, use at own risk, etc)

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MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2+, Sierra 2017-002 security update, and El Capitan 2017-005 security update mitigate meltdown:

chronicole

# Nicole's Code or Code Not custom IRB file
# http://codeorcodenot.blogspot.com/2011/03/setting-up-house-creating-custom-irbrc.html

# References:
# http://www.alloycode.com/2010/6/26/automatic-color-coding-for-script-console-and-irb
# http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/159806033/irb-script-console-tips
# http://drnicwilliams.com/2006/10/12/my-irbrc-for-consoleirb/
# http://www.dotnetguy.co.uk/post/2011/03/27/ruby-syntax-highlighting-within-the-console-with-wirble-and-the-rvm