Passwords and swap files

Discussion in 'privacy general' started by notageek, Nov 10, 2002.

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  1. notageek

    notageek Registered Member

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    Can passwords be written into swap files? If so how can I clean them out. What elese can be written in the swap files?
     
  2. Pieter_Arntz

    Pieter_Arntz Spyware Veteran

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    If you really need a swap file to keep your computer up and running have a look here: http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/wipeswap.html
    I have the size of my swap file set to zero, but it takes a fair amount of RAM to achieve this or limits you in your possibilities to run a lot of applications.

    Regards,

    Pieter
     
  3. notageek

    notageek Registered Member

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    Thanks.
     
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