On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 08:53:15AM -0800, Kashif Shaikh wrote: > Now suppose process B comes along and allocates a lot of memory, such that it > a happens to get a lot of pages that used to belong to process A. Isn't it > possible that process B can scan these pages for the "junk" process A left > behind...so it can find plaintext passwords? no, they are zeroed before the app sees them. well done for getting back on topic ;) john -- "Lots of companies would love to be in our hole." - Scott McNealy -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
