Re: DRAM data persistence

On Jul 5, 4:49 am, dha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Haude
Daniel) wrote:

Name ONE operating system that does this. Besides, if I were to write a
program for which leftover RAM (or swap) content was a security hole, I'd
clear that memory myself before releasing it, rather than relying on your
imaginary OS feature.

But that just invites trying to crash your program in such a way that
it's cleanup routine won't be run.

.

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