http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/ python, programming and other things Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/#comment-3819 Calvin Spealman Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:26:32 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/#comment-3819 I think the string types need a specialized allocator anyway, so creating some way to secure that would be an obvious next move. The question is how an interface from python would look. A string is immutable and anywhere they are created would have to say "make this secure" because you can't make it secure after its created. It posses some problems, that maybe could only be solved with a string control character, as we use u and r today. I think the string types need a specialized allocator anyway, so creating some way to secure that would be an obvious next move. The question is how an interface from python would look. A string is immutable and anywhere they are created would have to say “make this secure” because you can’t make it secure after its created. It posses some problems, that maybe could only be solved with a string control character, as we use u and r today.

]]> http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/#comment-3602 jesse Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:08:26 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/#comment-3602 Encrypting the swap partition is less than desirable given the requirements of doing so - you need to be root, modify and reboot the system. This is for one off mallocs for the runtime of a program/application. Encrypting the swap partition is less than desirable given the requirements of doing so - you need to be root, modify and reboot the system. This is for one off mallocs for the runtime of a program/application.

]]> http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/#comment-3575 Eric Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:25:56 +0000 http://jessenoller.com/2007/08/31/secmalloc-c-lib-to-prevent-malloced-memory-from-swapping/#comment-3575 Or you could encrypt the swap partition... Or you could encrypt the swap partition…

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