On the security question...
Christopher Oliver
oliver at fritz.co.traverse.com
Mon Jan 12 03:20:46 UTC 1998
In a fit of pique I wrote:
> My concern is more along the lines of dumping images that contain
> passwords and session keys.
Well, I seem to have my answer; sensitive interleaved garbage IS
getting dumped into the image when I exit via 'Save and quit.' A
look through InterpGCC tells me that a compaction is performed when
fullGC() is called during the snapshot. Can anyone explain why I'm
able to find leftover garbage in the image I get from 'save and
quit' in the menu, but not: Smalltalk snapshot: true andQuite: true?
My brain hurts!
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Christopher Oliver Traverse Communications
Systems Coordinator 223 Grandview Pkwy, Suite 108
oliver at traverse.com Traverse City, Michigan, 49684
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(define (more-magic n) (lambda (f) (lambda (x) (f ((n f) x)))))
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