Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 21:59:25 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@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 Message-ID: <199610180459.VAA06725@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199610172157.BAA00344@nagual.ru> References: <199610172157.BAA00344@nagual.ru>
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> 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
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