At 8:18 PM -0600 11/14/06, Wall, Kevin wrote: > That makes a Java > inappropriate > for a lot of system-level programming tasks. Simple example: There's no > way > in pure Java that I can lock a process in memory. Wrt this list, that > has > a lot of security ramifications especially on shared processors. Sure > makes > hiding secrets a lot harder.
Please explain that issue. Is there some multiuser operating system that does not clear memory before retasking it for another process ? -- Larry Kilgallen _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php
