Re: Security implications of network timing from Bjoern Hoehrmann on 2011-10-08 (public-web-security@w3.org from October 2011)

From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:42:59 +0200
To: Bryan McQuade <bmcquade@google.com>
Cc: public-web-security@w3.org
Message-ID: <mudv87dbvqq0u6utqfhivm8q5vg72qt6np@hive.bjoern.hoehrmann.de>

* Bryan McQuade wrote:
>The goal here is to collect specific novel attacks (that is, attacks
>not possible without this new information) that arise as a result of
>resource timing.

You seem to argue that "resource timing" is not novel, so any attack
that depends on "resource timing" cannot be "novel". Could you re-
phrase your question so this kind of petty argument can be ruled out?
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