Bug#906246: RFP: sandsifter -- program/applicaiton to audits x86 processors for hidden instructions and hardware bugs
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : sandsifter
Version : 0.1
Upstream Author : domas <xoreaxeaxeax@gmail.com>
* URL : https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/sandsifter
* License : BSD New 3 clause
Programming Lang: Python
Description : program/applicaiton to audits x86 processors for
hidden instructions and hardware bugs
The sandsifter audits x86 processors for hidden instructions and
hardware bugs, by systematically generating machine code to search
through a processor's instruction set, and monitoring execution for
anomalies. Sandsifter has uncovered secret processor instructions from
every major vendor; ubiquitous software bugs in disassemblers,
assemblers, and emulators; flaws in enterprise hypervisors; and both
benign and security-critical hardware bugs in x86 chips.
With the multitude of x86 processors in existence, the goal of the
tool is to enable users to check their own systems for hidden
instructions and bugs.
This was shared in a blackhat conference in 2017 see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrksBdWcZgQ
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