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 -- ************************************************* * Matt Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * http://www.mattrope.com * * PGP Key: http://www.mattrope.com/mattrope.asc * ************************************************* _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech