Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:13:31 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C2 Trusted FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199710150043.KAA00590@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:01:37 CST." <199710141601.KAA10425@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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> > There are no incidences in which pages are returned to you with previous > random cruft left in them? There shouldn't be, no. > And besides, zero-filling memory isn't sufficient, it has to be > overwritten a number of times to make sure now residual information can > be obtained. These standards date back to core and even mercury-wire > memory. Yes, I've actually worked with computers that feature *both* in > my career. ;^) If you can suggest how one goes about obtaining "residual" information from a saturated logic device in a synchronous memory subsystem, I'd be very interested in hearing it. Or is this more specification paranoia? mike
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