archive
index
gp originals
google i
google ii
celebrating porn
idiot voters
| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Memory slag |
| 7:42:31 pm mst / 10 January 2001 found by paul / filed in security / source TBTF 165 hits / 1 comment / 2 e-mails |
| The author explains why it's not a good idea to send MS Word documents via e-mail. Basically, they can include bits of other unrelated old documents which can still be read with a hex editor. This can be quite embarrassing as illustrated in this related column in the Industry Standard. More technical information is also available in this excellent essay. |
| "You have been warned." |
 |
| Comments |
| This comment board has been retired. |
| Problem with OS, Not MSWord by MysteriousStranger 9:27:58 pm mst / 10 January 2001 / # 1 |
| The problem here is with the operating system, not the word processor. On any well-designed operating system, memory is nulled before being allocated to another process. Which, by the way, is true of NT, but not Windos. --DigDug, who is too lazy to login. |