Re: [GNU Crypto] Passwords Immutable?

[Bryan Hoover]

See response at end of your (Casey's) message.

Casey Marshall wrote:
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> >>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan Hoover <address@hidden> writes:
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> Bryan> So there may be a couple of minor implementation questions:
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> Bryan> 1.  Should Password make a copy?
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> I think it should in the constructor, and probably a (byte[],int,int)
> constructor should be added.

> Bryan> 2.  Should SRPClient this.password be char[] or Password?
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> I'd say Password, because if Password.destroy() is called we wouldn't
> want a variable to change on us without notice.
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> Bryan> Finally, I wasn't sure whether to throw an exception on
> Bryan> password access attempts subsequent to calling destroy().  I do
> Bryan> not.
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> Probably an `IllegalStateException' is appropriate when getPassword is
> called on a destroyed object. It's arguably better then letting code
> use erased passwords, and failing in difficult-to-understand ways.
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> Bryan> Sorry so wordy.
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> Bryan> Feel free to use or not -- though I hope you will.  I can also
> Bryan> add the code to pivot (and whatever else) relative to which
> Bryan> password property use if you want to go with the additional
> Bryan> property option for compatibility.  I had fun doing it, and
> Bryan> will use it in my compile.
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> We'd need copyright assignment in order to include these patches. But
> this is a really simple thing to do, so I can implement this myself.
> That is, of course, unless you have a desire to contribute more ;)

Okay to all of the above, and sure thing, I would like to contribute
more.

Let me know what, if anything, I need to do relative to copyright
assignment.

Bryan

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