Re: [dgc.chat] Yes, I really did zeroize that key

I still think my method of having the cat walk all over some numbers and writing down which numbers she walks on is good. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have devised what I believe to be a foolproof and completely > portable way of setting an array of bytes to all zeroes, a common > security operation i

Fwd: [dgc.chat] Yes, I really did zeroize that key

On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 12:50 AM, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote: You are going trough a lot of trouble. What is your threat model? Nothing special, just taking the typical step of zeroing out memory. I just wanted to find a way to do it without using the va_list technique. On Thursday,

Re: Yes, I really did zeroize that key (but I didn't check my code!)

For starters your signature is bad, at least here. On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:18:35 -0500, Patrick Chkoreff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have devised what I believe to be a foolproof and completely >portable way of setting an array of bytes to all zeroes, a common >security operation in cryptography

Yes, I really did zeroize that key (good sig this time I think)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (My PGP client botched the signature last time when I used the clipboard method. This time I'm using the plugin button and it should work. Stupid GUI crap.) I have devised what I believe to be a foolproof and completely portable way of setting an

Yes, I really did zeroize that key

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have devised what I believe to be a foolproof and completely portable way of setting an array of bytes to all zeroes, a common security operation in cryptography programs. void clear_bytes(char magic, char p[], int n) { int i; p[0] &= magic;