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Re: Erasing sensitive data from memory?
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: Erasing sensitive data from memory? |
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:04:38 -0400 |
On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 02:16:57PM -0400, Zachary Santer wrote:
> $ IFS='' read -e -r -s -p 'password: ' password
> password:
<https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/069> seems to be relevant here.
I won't say that you have malicious intent here, but a script that
behaves in this way is just a step or two away from being a password
intercepter.