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Re: PGP .DLL



> How do you plan to prevent passwords, plaintext, etc. being saved
> in swap files, etc.?

   Munge the memory where they've been stored.  There is really no way to 
protect absolutely, especially on something as unsecure as a PC where 
someone malevolent could just install a keyboard logger...

   It comes down to a "how-much-is-enough" question.

-jon
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