Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-17 Thread mlw
Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: Hi guys, Just a thought - do we explicitly wipe password strings from RAM after using them? I just read an article (by MS in fact) that illustrates a cute problem. Imagine you memset the password to zeros after using it. There is a good chance that the

Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-17 Thread Greg Copeland
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 10:49, mlw wrote: Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: Hi guys, Just a thought - do we explicitly wipe password strings from RAM after using them? I just read an article (by MS in fact) that illustrates a cute problem. Imagine you memset the password to zeros after

Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-17 Thread mlw
Greg Copeland wrote: On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 10:49, mlw wrote: Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: Hi guys, Just a thought - do we explicitly wipe password strings from RAM after using them? I just read an article (by MS in fact) that illustrates a cute problem. Imagine you memset the

Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-17 Thread Ken Hirsch
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Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-17 Thread Greg Copeland
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 11:11, Ken Hirsch wrote: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dncode/html/secure10102002.asp ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Seems I hit the nail on

Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-17 Thread mlw
Ken Hirsch wrote: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dncode/html/secure10102002.asp Well, OK, that isn't as bizarre as one could have expected. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [HACKERS] Password security question

2002-12-16 Thread Gavin Sherry
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: Hi guys, Just a thought - do we explicitly wipe password strings from RAM after using them? I just read an article (by MS in fact) that illustrates a cute problem. Imagine you memset the password to zeros after using it. There is a