From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JOCfF-0003y1-4D for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:13 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOCfC-0003ss-At for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOCfB-0003qW-3R for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:09 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOCfA-0003qQ-Ul for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:08 -0500 Received: from mute.marlboro.edu ([206.192.68.75]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOCfA-0003Lc-I1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:08 -0500 Received: from akbar.marlboro.edu (akbar.marlboro.edu [10.1.2.5]) by mute.marlboro.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 827BE1F925F for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from xyz.marlboro.edu (xyz.marlboro.edu [10.1.2.29]) by akbar.marlboro.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D68711E55D for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.1.4.164] (mdhcp164.marlboro.edu [10.1.4.164]) by xyz.marlboro.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C863AC3AC for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:58:58 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47AF0282.4000307@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:56:18 -0500 From: Isaac Dupree User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20080210131656.GA4168@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080210131656.GA4168@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Marlboro-MailScanner: Found to be clean, clean X-Marlboro-MailScanner-From: id@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org X-Marlboro-MailScanner-Information: Please contact techsupport@marlboro.edu for more information X-Marlboro-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.399, required 6, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: id@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] read --echo=[yes|no|wildcard] X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:56:10 -0000 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...)