Re: Locking Page in Memory

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:37

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prunesquallor wrote:

>Well, I guess it depends on the circumstances. If a key has been swapped out 
>to the swap file, then it could still be there hours, days or even weeks - 
>until that bit of the swap file gets overwritten. So that key is 
>recoverable. Whereas a key in memory expires the next time the machine's 
>off.

Suggest to users that for better security, they buy more RAM and turn
off the swap file.

Or, don't hold the keys unencrypted in memory.

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