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Secure virtual memory has been an option since pre leopard. In lion it's enabled by default and they removed the menu option to disable it.
by ceph_ 14y ago
Secure virtual memory has been an option since pre leopard. In lion it's enabled by default and they removed the menu option to disable it.
- replax 14y agoAs you said, secure VIRTUAL memory refers to swapped memory. Meaning it is encrypted when it is written to disk. Seeing as the password is probably in near constant use, it will never be written to disk and therefore stays UNENCRYPTED in ram...