Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: removal of brk()/sbrk().
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/28/2002 21:11:21 
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 06:59:16AM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote:

 > Isn't that a security breach?

If an application has sensitive data in a buffer that it's going to
free, it should clear the buffer itself before actually freeing it.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>