On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@43-1.org> wrote: >> Ubuntu. For this reason, I usually put my /tmp in a tmpfs in memory >> (on systems where I have a few GB of memory). > [...] > This is not always true. Contents of a tmpfs can be swapped to disk[1] > and you might thus leak information when you rely on the fact that > contents of a tmpfs will never be written to permanent storage.
Well if you've got several GB of memory you can dispense of swap altogether, can't you? -- . ..: Lucian -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
