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The same OS kernel that zeros out pages before handing them back to me?
by saagarjha 2y ago
The same OS kernel that zeros out pages before handing them back to me?
- frontfor 2y agoThis is arguing in bad faith. Just because the kernel does that doesn’t mean it does that in everywhere else.
- saagarjha 2y agoThe point is that there are security implications to not zeroing out memory, even if it costs performance. Making an argument that it’s too performance sensitive to do anything doesn’t actually hold water.