> You can also arrange for ed to never core dump using setrlimit(), which is
> Posix.
Good reminder - thanks!
> though in these Latter Days of the Law few people have access to anyone
> else's /tmp directory
But if a hacker managed to elevate their permission level to my ordinary user
ID,
then they could easily read my editor's tmp file with my super-duper-secret keys
to my $10 Bazillion worth of Bitcoin, the next time I opened that encrypted
file.
*(I am using "Bazillion" is a synonym for "Satoshi".)*
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Paul Jackson
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