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From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: "Stéphane Aulery" <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: 679323-61a8vm9lEZVf4u+23C9RwQ@public.gmane.org,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: clearenv(3): implies that it's a security tool
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:34:48 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160218203447.GF3560@alcor.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2022845728.87847295.1455816499626.JavaMail.root-ejyA1lUx/7j5pO4zsKA69P9ALaXTbT7g0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>

Thanks for following up.  My recommendation is to say something like:

This function DOES NOT securely erase the contents of the environment.
Security-conscious applications which need to do this should use ....
instead.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 06:28:19PM +0100, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
> severity 679323 minor
> stop
> -----
> 
> Hello Matt,
> 
> I dig your bug reports about the clearenv() function.
> 
> Does the sentence below would do, please?
> 
> 
>    Used by security-conscious application, with the reservation
>    that the memory is not zeroed by the glibc implementation
>    before release.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Stéphane Aulery

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-18 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-18 17:28 clearenv(3): implies that it's a security tool Stéphane Aulery
     [not found] ` <2022845728.87847295.1455816499626.JavaMail.root-ejyA1lUx/7j5pO4zsKA69P9ALaXTbT7g0e7PPNI6Mm0@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-18 20:34   ` Matt Zimmerman [this message]
     [not found]     ` <20160218203447.GF3560-GlOw+ZFk85JeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-18 21:44       ` Bug#679323: " Stéphane Aulery
2016-02-19 11:59       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
     [not found]         ` <CAKgNAkh0qR-5Kj0-bc6QtAM7j44s41YfNMUOfi_BAiFHYVOO5g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-19 12:25           ` Stéphane Aulery
2016-02-19 16:22           ` Matt Zimmerman
     [not found]             ` <20160219162222.GB14410-GlOw+ZFk85JeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-19 16:43               ` Stéphane Aulery

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