Carlos Martín wrote: > On 15/09/06, John Lockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> However, this does make it extremely good for storing sensitive data >> before encryption. >> > > Not really. tmpfs may be pushed to swap space, where it could be > recovered if the attacker has enough interest. Try running gnupg > withoug suid root. It will warn you that it won't be able to lock the > memory to RAM, and therefore may be recoverable. This is the same > thing. Ok, I see. But do you now an other sollution for storing important data which only have to be there for one session in an temporary filesystem ( = not on harddisk) ?
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