Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:46:37 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, jdp@polstra.com, ache@nagual.ru, guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, phk@critter.tfs.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/db/hash hash_buf.c Message-ID: <199610180646.XAA13336@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:10:46 -0700 "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> wrote: > >What's the objection to clearing possibly-contaminated structures when a > >program signifies its done with a privileged resource? > > It causes any db client to pay this penalty regardless of what is stored > in the database. That is bad design. Right, and as I said previously, who's to know if there's other sensitive data in the processes' address space... In addition to paying a performance cost, you don't really solve anything. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939
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