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      1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef NET_BASE_ZAP_H_
      6 #define NET_BASE_ZAP_H_
      7 
      8 #include <string>
      9 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     10 
     11 namespace net {
     12 
     13 // Zap functions are used to clear sensitive data in RAM to minimize the
     14 // time that people can access them once they are written to disk.
     15 
     16 // Overwrite a buffer  with 0's.
     17 void ZapBuf(void* buf, size_t buf_len);
     18 
     19 // Overwrite a string's internal buffer with 0's.
     20 void ZapString(std::string* s);
     21 
     22 // Overwrite a base::string16's internal buffer with 0's.
     23 void ZapString(base::string16* s);
     24 
     25 }  // net
     26 
     27 #endif  // NET_BASE_ZAP_H_
     28