Re: OpenVPN and CWE-316?

Gert Doering <[email protected]> Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:52:54 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.network.openvpn.user
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Hi,

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 08:14:23PM -0400, Selva Nair wrote:
> Nonetheless, on Windows, we could easily add CryptProtectMemory() with
> SAME_PROCESS access for good measure, especially for those who cannot use
> "--auth-nocache". That will also add some protection to proxy passwords
> which are always cached for some reason.

Would you be willing to send something?

(proxy auth caching has been reworked in commit 3cfd6f961d5c92bec2, and
Frank / Gianmarco claim it is behaving better now - that is, caching if
allowed, and not caching if --auth-nocache is in effect.  I have not
tested all possible variants myself)

gert
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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             [email protected]

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