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Re: [cobalt-security] Credit cards
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Credit cards
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 05:29:23 -0400
- Organization: Front Street Networks LLC
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Wednesday 15 May 2002 03:00 am, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> "E.B. Dreger" wrote:
> > I'm writing something that even zeroes RAM where CC info was kept
> > after processing. But, then, I'm paranoid. (And, no, that's not
> > a plug. We have no current plans to sell the software in
> > question.)
>
> Eddy, there's a commercial package available that does that; it's not
> expensive. You can read about it at "http://www.jetico.sci.fi/"; and no,
> I'm not connected with them in any way except that I use their products.
>
We process the card in RAM, then wipe the arrays. I have seen processing
software that writes the data to a file, then deletes the file. I stay away
from that.
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