Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:38:15 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk (Paul Richards), marcs@znep.com, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/db/hash hash_buf.c Message-ID: <6350.846013095@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Oct 1996 10:43:47 PDT." <199610221743.KAA08215@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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In message <199610221743.KAA08215@phaeton.artisoft.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >> Not all programs that hold sensitive data need necessarily be run >> setuid so the above is not that secure. Arbitrarily clearing memory is >> not a great solution as people have already pointed out, besides, >> what's stopping me getting access to that memory while the program is >> running before the memory is freed, say by attaching a debugger. > >I consider my netnews state information "sensitive". Examining it >could result in you gaining demographic information about me which >I would prefer you not have. Who wouldn't kill to have a chance to peek into ~terry/.newsrc ? :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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