Hi, Fill with shock and dismay that such a C++ class does not already exist, I was forced to write it myself.
If anyone else needs to use it, FYI the header and CPP file are here: https://github.com/FellowTraveler/Open-Transactions/blob/master/include/otlib/OTKeyring.h https://github.com/FellowTraveler/Open-Transactions/blob/master/src/otlib/OTKeyring.cpp Currently it works with Gnome Keyring, KDE KWallet, Mac Keychain, and Windows DPAPI. (For storing and retrieving secrets.) -Fellow Traveler On 7/2/12 11:50 PM, Fellow Traveler wrote: > > Hello, > > Sorry to bother you all but I have already done a lot of research online > and haven't come to a satisfactory answer. > > **** All I want, is to be able to store a small piece of data in > "protected memory", and then retrieve it again later. **** > > I am already doing some pretty tricked-out stuff to store this data in > my own RAM, but that's not good enough -- I'd prefer to use some sort of > "standard" protected memory, versus trying to do it myself. > > On Windows there is a function called "VirtualProtect" which does this, > and I thought perhaps ssh-agent might be able to provide the same > functionality on UNIX. > > Is this possible? If not, what is the best way to go about doing such a > thing? > > --- > > Alternately, is it possible to use ssh-agent for encrypting/decrypting > data using a key stored inside ssh-agent? Because this would also solve > my problem. Does libssh2 allow me to encrypt/decrypt using the > identities, similar to how it allows me to authenticate using the > identities? > > --- > > I'm not trying to do anything on a remote machine, either. I just want > to talk to the local ssh-agent running on the same machine (for the > purpose described above.) > > Thoughts? > > --- > > Thanks in advance for your feedback / suggestions. > > -Fellow Traveler > > _______________________________________________ > libssh2-devel http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libssh2-devel > _______________________________________________ libssh2-devel http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libssh2-devel
