Re: Hmm... (discoveries about BIGNUM code)

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Geoff Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

geoff> Might I propose another thought? We implement a sanitising heap
geoff> around malloc/realloc/free and allow it to be substituted in
geoff> (or even substituted *out* if we want it by default?) by
geoff> calling a new CRYPTO_set_safe_mem_functions(void) type of
geoff> function?

That sounds reasonable.  However, I'd like it to be enabled by
default, and give people the option to remove or replace at their
leasure.

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