On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 18:34:15 -0700, > Linda McLeod <lindavaldeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> How does Fedora clean its RAM..? >> >> Does the system dump what's on unused RAM?.. Does it wait till >> reboot..? >> How does it work..? >> >> How can the system be bumped-up to the next evolution of >> RAM-processing..? >> >> Is there, or can there be, a continuous wiping-cleaner that instantly >> cleans RAM the moment its thht-data is dated..? > > Unprivileged users don't have access to the previous contents of ram allocated > to their processes. You're sure about that? What evidence do you offer? Can you point to auto-scrub code paths in all the library APIs for freeing memory? > What is the threat model you are trying to guard against? Rather than merely imply that such threat models are beyond the scope of Fedora, wouldn't it be better to refer the OP to a wiki article on the subject, or to the dev list if there is no wiki article? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
