From owner-freebsd-hackers  Thu Oct 17 21:59:45 1996
Return-Path: owner-hackers
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA24674
          for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:59:45 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA24669
          for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:59:43 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA06725; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:59:26 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199610180459.VAA06725@austin.polstra.com>
To: ache@nagual.ru
Cc: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, phk@critter.tfs.com,
        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/db/hash hash_buf.c
In-reply-to: <199610172157.BAA00344@nagual.ru>
References: <199610172157.BAA00344@nagual.ru>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:59:25 -0700
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

> I consider it as a bad move too and performance degradation.
> Why only DB? Why you don't automatically clear stack too? :-)
> 
> Passwords can be stored anywhere in the application,
> and it is per-application task to clear sensetive data anywhere.
> 
> Please, back out this change.

I agree.  This change should definitely be backed out.
--
   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth