Improve mbedtls_platform_zeroize() docs

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Andres Amaya Garcia 2018-04-24 08:37:52 -05:00
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@ -34,19 +34,24 @@ extern "C" {
/**
* \brief Securely zeroize a buffer
*
* \param buf Buffer to be zeroized
* \param len Length of the buffer in bytes
* The function is meant to wipe the data contained in a buffer so
* that it can no longer be recovered even if the program memory
* is later compromised. Call this function on sensitive data
* stored on the stack before returning from a function, and on
* sensitive data stored on the heap before freeing the heap
* object.
*
* \note This implementation should never be optimized out by the
* compiler
*
* \note It is extremely difficult to guarantee that calls to
* It is extremely difficult to guarantee that calls to
* mbedtls_platform_zeroize() are not removed by aggressive
* compiler optimizations in a portable way. For this reason, Mbed
* TLS provides the configuration option
* MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_ZEROIZE_ALT, which allows users to configure
* mbedtls_platform_zeroize() to use a suitable implementation for
* their platform and needs
*
* \param buf Buffer to be zeroized
* \param len Length of the buffer in bytes
*
*/
void mbedtls_platform_zeroize( void *buf, size_t len );