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Re: Securing data in memory (was "Locking physical memory (fwd)


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> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 23:26:46 +0000
> From: "Frank O'Dwyer" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Securing data in memory (was "Locking physical memory (fwd)

> Jim Choate wrote: 
> > If I had 2 of the Samsung 4G memory modules w/ battery back-up I could run
> > an entire machine without a hard-drive.
> 
> If you had no hard drive why the hell would you worry about disk
> swapping?

I wouldn't because I'd have enough RAM to cover the requisite resources of
my OS and apps.

You have the cart before the horse.


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