Re: crypto/mem.c(CRYPTO_malloc_locked()) question

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

drh> The idea behind it is to allocate memory that is "locked" in
drh> core: that is cannot be written to a swap file. It could thus be
drh> used for sensitive information like private kets.

Ah, that makes sense.  Thanks!

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