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sasl_erasebuffer (3sasl)

Name

sasl_erasebuffer - erase buffer

Synopsis

cc [ flag ... ] file ...  -lsasl [ library ... ]
#include <sasl/saslutil.h>


void sasl_erasebuffer(char *pass,
unsigned len);

Description

sasl_erasebuffer(3sasl)         SASL man pages         sasl_erasebuffer(3sasl)



NAME
       sasl_erasebuffer - erase buffer



SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag ... ] file ...  -lsasl [ library ... ]
       #include <sasl/saslutil.h>


       void sasl_erasebuffer(char *pass,
                             unsigned len);


DESCRIPTION
       sasl_erasebuffer  erases  a  security sensitive buffer or password. The
       implementation may use recovery-resistant erase logic.

PARAMETERS
       pass A password

       len The length of the password


RETURN VALUES
       The sasl_erasebuffer() interface returns no return values.


ERRORS
       None.




ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+----------------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |         ATTRIBUTE VALUE          |
       +---------------+----------------------------------+
       |Availability   | system/library/security/libsasl2 |
       +---------------+----------------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile            |
       +---------------+----------------------------------+

NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source was downloaded  from   ftp://ftp.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-
       sasl-2.1.26.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl/.



SASL                              16 Sep 2003          sasl_erasebuffer(3sasl)