From: Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 94 12:45:50 PST
To: "David A. Wagner" <dawagner@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: PGP .DLL
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> How do you plan to prevent passwords, plaintext, etc. being saved
> in swap files, etc.?

   Munge the memory where they've been stored.  There is really no way to 
protect absolutely, especially on something as unsecure as a PC where 
someone malevolent could just install a keyboard logger...

   It comes down to a "how-much-is-enough" question.

-jon
( --------[ Jonathan D. Cooper ]--------[ entropy@intnet.net ]-------- )
( PGP 2.6.2 keyprint: 31 50 8F 82 B9 79 ED C4  5B 12 A0 35 E0 9B C0 01 )