Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:10:33 -0600 From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Password theft from memory? Message-ID: <BANLkTimJWAxW_4OmoeBQrvDDLjD-5Vr5hQ@mail.gmail.com>
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I don't know if this is a problem on FreeBSD... Process A requests memory. Process A Stores a plaintext password in memory or other sensitive data. Process A terminates and the memory is reclaimed by kernel. Process B requests a *huge* chunk of memory. Process B crawls the uninitialized memory, looking for ProcessA's previously stored password. Does anyone know if this is even possible on FreeBSD? Thanks! -Modulok-
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