From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19827 invoked by alias); 24 Mar 2011 13:01:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 19818 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Mar 2011 13:01:30 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:01:23 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2OD1MdO029759 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:01:23 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2OD1KjW020619 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:01:22 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2OD1JMM022290; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:01:19 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p2OD1JGD022233; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:01:19 +0100 Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:01:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Steffen Dettmer Cc: "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Backtrace extraction ONLY gdb Message-ID: <20110324130117.GA21207@host1.jankratochvil.net> References: <0E02F16954AF394BB163AEE50FDF5485690094DFED@GVW1121EXC.americas.hpqcorp.net> <8339mg9unq.fsf@gnu.org> <0E02F16954AF394BB163AEE50FDF548569009DAB5A@GVW1121EXC.americas.hpqcorp.net> <20110323224339.GS2534@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-03/txt/msg00147.txt.bz2 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