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diff --git a/node/Utils.cpp b/node/Utils.cpp
index 80406c3f..f0a03f2c 100644
--- a/node/Utils.cpp
+++ b/node/Utils.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ bool Utils::redirectUnixOutputs(const char *stdoutPath,const char *stderrPath)
}
#endif // __UNIX_LIKE__
+static void _Utils_doBurn(char *ptr,unsigned int len)
+{
+ for(unsigned int i=0;i<len;++i)
+ ptr[i] = (char)0;
+}
+void (*volatile _Utils_doBurn_ptr)(char *,unsigned int) = _Utils_doBurn;
+void Utils::burn(void *ptr,unsigned int len)
+ throw()
+{
+ // Ridiculous hack: call _doBurn() via a volatile function pointer to
+ // hold down compiler optimizers and beat them mercilessly until they
+ // cry and mumble something about never eliding secure memory zeroing
+ // again.
+ (_Utils_doBurn_ptr)((char *)ptr,len);
+}
+
std::map<std::string,bool> Utils::listDirectory(const char *path)
{
std::map<std::string,bool> r;