Comment by saagarjha Comment by saagarjha 3 months ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News The same OS kernel that zeros out pages before handing them back to me?
Copy Link frontfor 3 months ago Collapse Comment - This is arguing in bad faith. Just because the kernel does that doesn’t mean it does that in everywhere else. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link saagarjha 3 months ago Parent Collapse Comment - The point is that there are security implications to not zeroing out memory, even if it costs performance. Making an argument that it’s too performance sensitive to do anything doesn’t actually hold water. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link saagarjha 3 months ago Parent Collapse Comment - The point is that there are security implications to not zeroing out memory, even if it costs performance. Making an argument that it’s too performance sensitive to do anything doesn’t actually hold water. Reply View | 0 replies
This is arguing in bad faith. Just because the kernel does that doesn’t mean it does that in everywhere else.