[PATCH] Erase memory before freeing.

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed Aug 3 11:13:20 CEST 2016


On Wed,  3 Aug 2016 00:25, bjk at luxsci.net said:

> I was thinking about import/export of secret keys. But now that you
> mention it, replacing the assuan memory hooks is overkill. The wiping of

FWIW: If the user decides to use a non-protected secret key he needs to
take care at a lot of other places too.  I doubt that wiping the stack
or heap will change anything.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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