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Very interesting results. I'm not sure I agree that it's necessary to keep password information out of memory in an unlocked password database, since an attacke
by Ajedi32 8y ago
Very interesting results. I'm not sure I agree that it's necessary to keep password information out of memory in an unlocked password database, since an attacker could always just extract the decryption keys from memory and use those to decrypt the database on disk to get the same information.
The other findings about sensitive information remaining in memory even _after_ the password managers are locked are concerning however. It'd be great if the article included a link to the CVEs or bug tracker issues for these vulnerabilities so we could keep track of whether or not they've been fixed.
- dontbenebby 8y ago>The other findings about sensitive information remaining in memory even _after_ the password managers are locked are concerning however. Sounds like a reasonable countermeasure is to quit the manager when not in use. After all, I'd need to enter my password if I was "unlocking" or restarting the app either way. (At least in my manager)