Comment #1 on issue 317 by [email protected]: Encryption Passphrase
Stored Unprotected in Memory
https://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/detail?id=317
How exactly should Vim use a password, if it cannot keep it in memory?
I'd really love to know it if there is a concept of "protected" memory that
could be used. Right now I've never heard of such a thing. With my current
knowledge, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to do the same exact thing to any
software running on your machine and using passwords.
If an attacker has the ability to inspect RAM dumps of arbitrary processes
on your machine, then you've already lost.
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