Life after free?

[Kevin D. Quitt]

In article <8058 at scolex.sco.COM> seanf at sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:
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>In article <623 at demott.COM> kdq at demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
>>    It should be noted that in secure systems, free() will clear the memory.
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>Uhm... says *who*?
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>>96.37% of all statistics are made up.
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>And some facts, as well, it would appear.

    I speak from personal experience, from systems I have developed and
worked on.  Note that I do not contend that this is necessary for normal
operation in commercial systems, or even desirable.  I was merely pointing
out yet another way that using a free()'d pointer was a lose.


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