On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus wrote: > if you allocate memory, e.g. via malloc(3), then it is automatically set > to zero. This is actually a security feature quite common nowadays. I > would like to know when this feature has made it into Fedora or in RHEL. > Is this a mandatory feature of some security policy as e.g. the Common > Criteria? I couldn't find much information about this. Therefore, any > pointers, hints and so on are welcomed!
man malloc: use calloc() instead of malloc() if you want the allocated memory to be zeroed. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
