Re: [GNU Crypto] Passwords Immutable?

[Bryan Hoover]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

> Password would handle conversions. It would have to; SensitiveData
> would be nothing more than a wrapper around a byte array it doesn't
> have knowledge about anything else.

What about your, "byte orieneted class underlying password," idea?  This
is what I took to be encapsulated in SensitiveData.  Either way
though...

> It would probably be better to use java.nio.charset to convert between
> bytes and characters. It's available in GNU Classpath, and would make
> generalizing the conversion to any charset easier.

Ahh!  GNU Classpath.  Generalized charset conversion.  Now there's an
idea :).

Bryan

> - --
> Casey Marshall || address@hidden
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
> Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.7 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>
>
> iD8DBQFAnrhngAuWMgRGsWsRApXAAJ9uAkyfRLxuQhltF4TKzDvUOFyw1wCghtji
> l9q4eYNzRKnJZgCPtPv/GbY=
> =emPt
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

- --
As a rule I sit quite still, but whenever I move I make a huge leap to
the horror of all those to whom I am bound by the tender bonds of
kinship and friendship. - (Soren Kierkegaard - Either/Or)

http://www.wecs.com/content.htm

This signature file is generated by Pick-a-Tag !
Written by Jeroen van Vaarsel
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=pick-a-tag
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (MingW32) - GPGrelay v0.94

iD8DBQFAnuIV8CguVNZ0FHARAvTIAKCQkzxz+be7FBkUAnnHwNlPX6AvdgCfWwhr
QkPBVukpwDmExknSGL5WYus=
=UFCs
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----