securemem-0.1.7: abstraction to an auto scrubbing and const time eq, memory chunk.

LicenseBSD-style
MaintainerVincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
StabilityStable
PortabilityGHC
Safe HaskellNone
LanguageHaskell98

Data.SecureMem

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data SecureMem Source

SecureMem is a memory chunk which have the properties of:

  • Being scrubbed after its goes out of scope.
  • A Show instance that doesn't actually show any content
  • A Eq instance that is constant time

secureMemGetSize :: SecureMem -> Int Source

Return the size of the memory allocated by this secure mem.

class ToSecureMem a where Source

Types that can be converted to a secure mem object.

Allocation and early termination

allocateSecureMem :: Int -> IO SecureMem Source

Allocate a new SecureMem

The memory is allocated on the haskell heap, and will be scrubed before being released.

createSecureMem :: Int -> (Ptr Word8 -> IO ()) -> IO SecureMem Source

Create a new secure mem and running an initializer function

unsafeCreateSecureMem :: Int -> (Ptr Word8 -> IO ()) -> SecureMem Source

Create a new secure mem using inline perform IO to create a pure result.

finalizeSecureMem :: SecureMem -> IO () Source

Finalize a SecureMem early

Pointers manipulation

withSecureMemPtr :: SecureMem -> (Ptr Word8 -> IO b) -> IO b Source

This is a way to look at the pointer living inside a foreign object. This function takes a function which is applied to that pointer. The resulting IO action is then executed

this is similary to withForeignPtr for a ForeignPtr

withSecureMemPtrSz :: SecureMem -> (Int -> Ptr Word8 -> IO b) -> IO b Source

similar to withSecureMem but also include the size of the pointed memory.

convertion

secureMemFromByteString :: ByteString -> SecureMem Source

Create a SecureMem from a bytestring

secureMemFromByteable :: Byteable b => b -> SecureMem Source

Create a SecureMem from any byteable object