Re: [GNU Crypto] Passwords Immutable?

[Bryan Hoover]

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Casey Marshall wrote:
> Actually, it would be better to be able to gracefully handle either a
> char[] or a Password.

And byte[] too.  Java's reflection would provide for testing type
wouldn't it?  Could just add a utility routine or something somewhere to
neatly encapsulate/wrap the testing functionality.  In C for instance,
one might redefine the HashMap type, and overload it's property
returning routine.  But I realize I probably need to wash my mouth out
with soap for such dirty talk :).  Just a couple initial thoughts.

The big question is, do want to continue to support String password
property?  Which I guess boils down to, how important at this stage of
GNU-Crypto lifetime, is backward compatibility in terms of this aspect
of the api, and are there generally, potentially many different programs
interfacing with the lib at this api level.  That is, I don't imagine
everyone using the SRP implementation for instance, is using
SaslConnection to do so, so I would think, at least potentially, losing
the String property parameter could be at least somewhat of an
agravation.

Bryan

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