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- ______________ $Date: 2002/08/09 11:37:13 $
+ ______________ $Date: 2002/11/21 22:39:16 $
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+ o [2002-11-21]
+ PR 343 mentions that scrubbing memory with 'memset(ptr, 0, n)' may
+ be optimized away in modern compilers. This is definitely not good
+ and needs to be fixed immediately. The formula to use is presented
+ in:
+
+ http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/82/297918/2002-10-27/2002-11-02/0
+
+ The problem report that mentions this is:
+
+ https://www.aet.TU-Cottbus.DE/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=343
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