[erlang-questions] How to exchange sensitive data with ports?

[Illo de' Illis]

On 08/ago/2009, at 13.09, Richard Andrews <bflatmaj7th@REDACTED> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Elena Garrulo<egarrulo@REDACTED>  
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd like to access smart cards from Erlang. Since there is not
>> dedicated module, I'll have to use C for that.
[...]
>>
> Sheesh what a thread.
>
> You can use a linked-in driver.

Isn't it the very same "port driver" I suggested? That is:

http://erlang.org/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.html

Or, if not, in what differs? Would it be possible to share buffer  
pointers with your approach without breaking up erlang's garbage  
collector?

Ciao,
Illo.