Questions tagged [flush-reload]

Problem I am putting together a proof of concept for the FLUSH + RELOAD attack. The method is outlined in great detail in this paper. The general idea is simple - cached addresses can be accessed with much greater speed than addresses not in the…

Why is there something like a cache inclusion policy? What is the benefit of using such an inclusive policy for the cache layout? I'm asking because with inclusive LLC there you would be able to evict lines in the private L1 cache of another…

I have been reading about cache side channel attacks and the "Flush+Reload" method came up a decent amount. Before putting forth my question, this is what I understand about the Flush+reload technique. I understand that if two users (Alice, Bob)…