From owner-freebsd-security Sat Dec 1 17:48:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF5137B416 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 17:48:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id E390281D04; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 19:48:31 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 19:48:31 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: freebsd-security@rikrose.net Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: philosophical question... Message-ID: <20011201194831.Y46769@elvis.mu.org> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20011201171925.035156f8@popserver.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from freebsd-security@rikrose.net on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 01:08:49AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * freebsd-security@rikrose.net [011201 19:09] wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Colin Percival wrote: > > >Seems like an OpenBSD feature :P > > > Still, I have to agree that this sounds pretty OpenBSDish... looking at > > the BSDs as a whole I'd say it would make sense for this to be added into > > OpenBSD first and ported to FreeBSD once it has proved itself. > > Anyone mind if I start a discussion about encrypted swap? I know I had the > option under OpenBSD (and yes, it was on), but I still don't understand > the implications. The implication is that when a program that stores sensative information is swapped out to disk and the machine is rebooted or has the disk removed, the information can not be easily just lifted off the swap partition. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message