On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 04:22:29PM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > Well, Ruby supports calling C functions, so you can invoke mlock() that way: > > http://onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/11/18/extending_ruby.html > > ...but you also have to do so as root. It might be more sane to setup > encrypted swapping: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/swap-encrypting.html
Thanks for pointing out a couple of options. I'll look into them. I've also discovered that there appears to be a way to lock memory natively in Ruby, though, I haven't checked into that in too much depth yet. I will weigh my options carefully. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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