Re: gpg: "Warning: using shared memory" - SUID?

[Chris Gray <cgray@nowonder.com>]

>>>>> "kmself" == kmself  <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes:

    >>  The other root programs shouldn't be looking at memory other
    >> than their own, or else they'd segfault.  The major thing with
    >> memory-locking is that the memory never gets written to disk.

    kmself> What about /proc/kcore or /dev/mem?

You're probably right about this (IANA security expert), but these
should only be readable by root.  Also, if you have a malicious root,
your private key isn't going to be all that safe anyway.

Cheers,
Chris

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