From: Isaac Dupree <id@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] read --echo=[yes|no|wildcard]
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47AF0282.4000307@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080210131656.GA4168@thorin>
Robert Millan wrote:
> Adds a parameter to define echoing behaviour in read. Then one can use
> --echo=no or --echo=wildcard to make it suitable for reading passwords.
I wonder how suitable it is for passwords -- is the memory always erased
before jumping to e.g. Linux? (and is it important to hide it from the
prying eyes of the root system? Probably...)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-10 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-10 13:16 [PATCH] read --echo=[yes|no|wildcard] Robert Millan
2008-02-10 13:56 ` Isaac Dupree [this message]
2008-02-10 15:22 ` Robert Millan
2008-02-10 16:41 ` Isaac Dupree
2008-02-10 17:00 ` Robert Millan
2008-02-10 18:00 ` Isaac Dupree
2008-02-10 19:39 ` Robert Millan
2008-02-10 20:00 ` Isaac Dupree
2008-02-10 20:47 ` [PATCH] erase variable data on user unset Robert Millan
2008-02-10 21:00 ` Robert Millan
2008-02-10 21:31 ` Isaac Dupree
2008-02-10 21:38 ` Isaac Dupree
2008-02-10 21:53 ` Robert Millan
2008-02-10 20:16 ` [PATCH] read --echo=[yes|no|wildcard] Yoshinori K. Okuji
2008-02-10 20:49 ` Robert Millan
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