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authorDylan Noblesmith <nobled@dreamwidth.org>2011-11-26 06:02:04 +0000
committerDylan Noblesmith <nobled@dreamwidth.org>2011-11-26 06:02:04 +0000
commit94f778bdebe1438fbe0206621ce44b4e25196e59 (patch)
tree5e8add3e2a97bf32f59bc94a7b250dbae728783f /src/util.h
parentd8b86408636388195596f6c7dded23f777f99a07 (diff)
Implement an mlock()'d string class for storing passphrases
SecureString is identical to std::string except with secure_allocator substituting for std::allocator. This makes casting between them impossible, so converting between the two at API boundaries requires calling ::c_str() for now.
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diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 4c966486f7..1ef0e6f15c 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ public:
+// This is exactly like std::string, but with a custom allocator.
+// (secure_allocator<> is defined in serialize.h)
+typedef std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, secure_allocator<char> > SecureString;
+