Re: [vox-tech] Which cipher to use?

[Matt Roper <matt@maMAPSttrope.com>]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:25:23PM -0700, Ryan wrote:
> > Hrm, I'd argue that this isn't true.  Many applications specifically pin
> > pages so they aren't swappable (I.e. ssh).  Not to mention a healthy linux
> > box shouldn't be swapping bins out to disk while they are being
> > actively used.  Have you ever found a password there?
> 
> Yea, I grep'ed it for fragments of several passwords I use and found them.

Do you know which applications where leaving these passwords in swap?
It might be worth submitting a patch that zeroes out the password in
memory as soon as it is no longer needed...


Matt

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