Re: A secure string library?

From: Rainer Deyke (rdeyke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-07-09 20:00:06

On 09.07.24 18:18, Richard Hodges via Boost wrote:
> just a thought :
> 
> It would be nice if this worked:
> 
> #include <string>
> #include <algorithm>
> 
> struct secure_string
> : std::basic_string<volatile char>
> {
> 
>      ~secure_string()
>      {
>          std::fill(begin(), end(), '\0');
>      }
> };

That wouldn't be secure even if it did work.  Consider what happens when 
std::string is forced to reallocate.

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Rainer Deyke (rainerd_at_[hidden])