[tor-bugs] #7419 [Tor]: Choose a faster memwipe implementation

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#7419: Choose a faster memwipe implementation
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 Reporter:  nickm                   |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.8.x-final
Component:  Tor                     |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                  |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-relay, nickm-patch  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                          |         Points:
  Sponsor:                          |
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Comment (by selven@…):

 for the above diff
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/7419/memset_s_explicit_bzero.diff]
 , i forgot to add a description

 uname -a
 Darwin selven at hackers.mu.local 15.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.2.0: Fri
 Nov 13 19:56:56 PST 2015; root:xnu-3248.20.55~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

 configured with:  ./configure --with-openssl-dir=/opt/local/ --disable-
 asciidoc
 make check said:
 PASS: src/test/test
 PASS: src/test/test-slow
 PASS: src/test/test-memwipe
 PASS: src/test/test_workqueue
 PASS: src/test/test_keygen.sh
 PASS: src/test/test_zero_length_keys.sh
 SKIP: src/test/test_switch_id.sh
 PASS: src/test/test_ntor.sh
 PASS: src/test/test_bt.sh


 run:
 Jan 03 xx:xx:xx.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
 Jan 03 xx:xx:xx.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor
 network
 Jan 03 xx:xx:xx.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with
 first hop
 Jan 03 xx:xx:xx.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit
 Jan 03 xx:xx:xx.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks
 like client functionality is working.
 Jan 03 xx:xx:xx.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done


 Happy new year
 Thanks,
 Selven

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