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Check: mlock() secrets #1

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yemel opened this issue Apr 7, 2015 · 1 comment
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Check: mlock() secrets #1

yemel opened this issue Apr 7, 2015 · 1 comment
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yemel commented Apr 7, 2015

https://github.com/petertodd/python-bitcoinlib/blob/master/bitcoin/core/key.py

WARNING: This module does not mlock() secrets; your private keys may end up on
disk in swap! Use with caution!
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This is probably an OpenSSL issue. Should investigate further at some point.

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