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Re: Backtrace extraction ONLY gdb
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:28:40 +0100, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
> If this isn't prohibited on the mission critical production
> system for security reasons... From the core file, potentially
> all sorts of sensitive information could be revealed I think.
The same security concerns apply to backtraces containing parameters - being
discussed here as the goal. Sometimes the parameter is a cleartext password,
for example.
Regards,
Jan