sasl_erasebuffer - erase buffer
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsasl [ library ... ] #include <sasl/saslutil.h> void sasl_erasebuffer(char *pass, unsigned len);
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)