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Use explicit_bzero to clear sensitive buffers after use #95

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btrask opened this issue Sep 13, 2015 · 0 comments
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Use explicit_bzero to clear sensitive buffers after use #95

btrask opened this issue Sep 13, 2015 · 0 comments
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btrask commented Sep 13, 2015

In any case of a function that expects a sensitive buffer (password or key), we should probably accept a pointer to a mutable buffer and zero it before the function returns...?

Or alternately, just clear it at the top level after the call returns.

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