> and there is no way to protect against #3: Someone with access > to your core file can access the encryption key (even if it's vim's > start time, vim has to be storing that somewhere to give it to you)
Not necessarily. If it can be got by a system call when it is needed and then popped off the stack after use. Unless Vim dumps core while it is decrypting the pw, but in that case it's also likely the pw is stored in plaintext somewhere as well. But, yes, that said, protecting against someone with access to core files is next to impossible. Ben. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
