Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:33:17 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: "Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@alcnet.com> Cc: <crandall@matchlogic.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Overcommit and calloc() Message-ID: <l0302092bb3ba6fac9d72@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <005101bed2d5$433a16e0$291c453f@kbyanc.alcnet.com>
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Hi, At 1:28 pm -0400 20/7/99, Kelly Yancey wrote: >[...] > On recent thought though, I seem to recall having read in the 4.4BSD >Daemon book that having the kernel zero memory is not the preferred >practice, but present because when they tried to stop many progrems dies >which assumed memory was initialized to zero. Handing out unzeroed memory is a potential security hole. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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