From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tomas@fabula.de Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: make-string uninitialized memory eposure considered harmful Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:52:47 +0100 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030111065247.GA9224@www> References: <20030110195402.362793C2B@fnord.ir.bbn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042266609 7407 80.91.224.249 (11 Jan 2003 06:30:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:30:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18XF9d-0001uG-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:30:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XF9M-0001OY-08 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:29:44 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XF8f-0000Sw-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:29:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XF8W-0008RE-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:28:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.22.192.104] (helo=www.elogos.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XF8T-0008CK-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:28:49 -0500 Original-Received: by www.elogos.de (Postfix, from userid 5002) id 7A4871407F; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:52:47 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Greg Troxel Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030110195402.362793C2B@fnord.ir.bbn.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:1535 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:1535 On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 02:54:02PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: > In guile 1.6, NetBSD 1.6-stable/i386, I found that make-string returns > random stuff if you don't give it a second arg. > > guile> (make-string 100) > "traced-stack-ids set of stack ids for which tracing is active. executable is in no way restricted" > > This I took to be a sign of brokenness. So I read the docs: [rest deleted] Hmm. I'd tend to agree with the other posters here. I had the impression that it is the job of the routine holding the sensitive data to make sure that they don't stay around (swap space seems to be a worse can of worms, since it stays around for longer). Regards -- tomas _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user