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I believe you may have failed to consider the important role played by reliability.

X cannot always be done reliably - it usually relies on timing. Y, as we've seen, can be done with some degree of reliability. Combining them, in the wished-for world, creates a more reliable exploit environment because the spoofed records will not expire. The result is more attacks that persist longer and are more likely to reach their targets.

Such a world is certain to not be better than this one and likely to be worse.



Indeed I didn't consider that. Thanks a lot for being patient and enlightening.




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