Implement an mlock()'d string class for storing passphrases

SecureString is identical to std::string except with secure_allocator
substituting for std::allocator. This makes casting between them
impossible, so converting between the two at API boundaries requires
calling ::c_str() for now.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet.cpp
index af80cc16d..28babdb3e 100644
--- a/src/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bool CWallet::AddCryptedKey(const vector<unsigned char> &vchPubKey, const vector
     return false;
 }
 
-bool CWallet::Unlock(const string& strWalletPassphrase)
+bool CWallet::Unlock(const SecureString& strWalletPassphrase)
 {
     if (!IsLocked())
         return false;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bool CWallet::Unlock(const string& strWalletPassphrase)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool CWallet::ChangeWalletPassphrase(const string& strOldWalletPassphrase, const string& strNewWalletPassphrase)
+bool CWallet::ChangeWalletPassphrase(const SecureString& strOldWalletPassphrase, const SecureString& strNewWalletPassphrase)
 {
     bool fWasLocked = IsLocked();
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public:
     )
 };
 
-bool CWallet::EncryptWallet(const string& strWalletPassphrase)
+bool CWallet::EncryptWallet(const SecureString& strWalletPassphrase)
 {
     if (IsCrypted())
         return false;