Re: Problems with passwd-erase-buffer
Matt Tucker <tuck(a)whistlingfish.net> writes:
system, which did not used to happen. I've narrowed the delay
down
to the following code (in xemacs-base/passwd.el) which attempts to
clear the contents of .netrc from XEmacs's memory in the interests
of security:
(defun passwd-erase-buffer ()
...
Out of curiosity, is it really possible for such a function to work,
given the high-level nature of elisp (garbage collection and whatnot)?
I wouldn't trust it to do the right thing as far as security is
conerned (but I may be paranoid). Not trying to do anything at all
might be more sincere, as there wouldn't be a (potentially) false
sense of security. The comment in the function doesn't inspire great
confidence IMHO.