Method and apparatus for preventing software side channel attacks
A method for managing a cache is disclosed. A context switch is identified. It is determined whether an application running after the context switch requires protection. Upon determining that the application requires protection the cache is partitioned. According to an aspect of the present inventio...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A method for managing a cache is disclosed. A context switch is identified. It is determined whether an application running after the context switch requires protection. Upon determining that the application requires protection the cache is partitioned. According to an aspect of the present invention, a partitioned section of the cache is completely over written with data associated with the application. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
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