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Diffstat (limited to 'g10/passphrase.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | g10/passphrase.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/g10/passphrase.c b/g10/passphrase.c index 5f9c7915b..fa10eccec 100644 --- a/g10/passphrase.c +++ b/g10/passphrase.c @@ -115,6 +115,19 @@ get_last_passphrase() return p; } +/* Here's an interesting question: since this passphrase was passed in + on the command line, is there really any point in using secure + memory for it? I'm going with 'yes', since it doesn't hurt, and + might help in some small way (swapping). */ + +void +set_passphrase_from_string(const char *pass) +{ + xfree( fd_passwd ); + fd_passwd = xmalloc_secure(strlen(pass)+1); + strcpy(fd_passwd,pass); +} + void read_passphrase_from_fd( int fd ) |