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C1X includes a {{memset_s}} function.  According to the November 24, 2009 C1X Committee Draft \[Jones 09|AA. C References#Jones 09]\]:

Unlike memset, any call to the memset_s function shall be evaluated strictly according to the rules of the abstract machine as described in (5.1.2.3). That is, any call to the memset_s function shall assume that the memory indicated by s and n may be accessible in the future and thus must contain the values indicated by c.

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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.7.3, "Type qualifiers"
\[Jones 09|AA. C References#Jones 09]\] Section K.3.7.4.1, "The {{memset_s}} function"
\[[US-CERT|https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/daisy/bsi-rules/home/g1/771.html]\] "MEMSET"
\[[MITRE 07|AA. C References#MITRE 07]\] [CWE ID 14|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/14.html], "Compiler Removal of Code to Clear Buffers"
\[[MSDN|AA. C References#MSDN]\] "[SecureZeroMemory|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366877.aspx]"
\[[MSDN|AA. C References#MSDN]\] "[Optimize (C/C++)|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/chh3fb0k(VS.80).aspx]"
\[[Wheeler 03|AA. C References#Wheeler 03]\] [Section 11.4|http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/protect-secrets.html], "Specially Protect Secrets (Passwords and Keys) in User Memory"

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