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Lecture 19 ---------- TOCTTOU Time of check to time of use If a privileged program tries to modify a file owned by an unprivileged user, it is possible for it to be changed between the time it is checked to the time it is used (unless special care is taken). lpr 8lgm vulnerability (look up) Spectre and meltdown - information leak due to concurrency Covert channels are when two processes (or other computational elements) communicate when they are supposed to be isolated. kernel random number generator: combine hardware events with cryptographically secure pseudo random number generator (based on a cryptographic hash function) clocks & security - replay attacks - high resolution clocks are dangerous