Re: [GNU Crypto] Passwords Immutable?

[Bryan Hoover]

See inline.

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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> I'd say Password, because if Password.destroy() is called we wouldn't
> want a variable to change on us without notice.
> 
> Bryan> Finally, I wasn't sure whether to throw an exception on
> Bryan> password access attempts subsequent to calling destroy().  I do
> Bryan> not.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Bryan> Sorry so wordy.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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 ;)

Password.java, and patches attached.

I noticed some editor parsing irregularity with SaslConnection.java
probably related to binary/ascii, cr/lf system differences.  So there
are ascii, and binary versions of patches.  On my Freebsd account, I was
okay using the binary patch with SaslConnection.java, and the ascii
patch with SRPClient.java.  Do make back-ups before applying.

For symmetry, I guess, I added a char[] constructor with indexes, and a
byte[] constructor without, as well as the byte[] with, and char[]
without ones.  

A byte[] getBytes() function was also added.

Tested fine with the sourceforge project I'm interfacing it with.

I'll start the copyright assignment process right away.

Bryan

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Password.java
Description: java/

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> import javax.security.auth.DestroyFailedException;
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<    private char[] password; // the authentication credentials
---
>    private Password password; // the authentication credentials
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> 
>       try {
>         password.destroy();
>       }
>       catch(DestroyFailedException e) {
>         throw new RuntimeException("resetMechanism()", e);
>       }
> 
446c455
<       if (DEBUG && debuglevel > 6) debug(TRACE, "Password: \""+new 
String(password)+"\"");
---
>       if (DEBUG && debuglevel > 6) debug(TRACE, "Password: \""+new 
> String(password.getPassword())+"\"");
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<          try {
<             pBytes = new String(password).getBytes("US-ASCII");
<          } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException x) {
<             throw new SaslException("sendPublicKey()", x);
<          }
---
>          pBytes = password.getBytes();
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<             password = pwdCB.getPassword();
---
>              password = new Password(pwdCB.getPassword());
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<                this.password = ((String) 
properties.get(Registry.SASL_PASSWORD)).toCharArray();
---
>                password = new Password(((Password) 
> properties.get(Registry.SASL_PASSWORD)).getPassword());
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<                this.password = pwdCB.getPassword();
---
>                password = new Password(pwdCB.getPassword());

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> import gnu.crypto.sasl.srp.Password;
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<          properties.put(Registry.SASL_PASSWORD, userInfo.substring(ndx+1));
---
>          properties.put(Registry.SASL_PASSWORD, new 
> Password(userInfo.substring(ndx+1).toCharArray()));

SRPClient.patch
Description: application/unknown-content-type-patch_auto_file

SaslConnection.patch
Description: application/unknown-content-type-patch_auto_file