full-disclosure - Google Talk cleartext credentials in process memory

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Date: Tue Nov 29 18:48:43 2005
From: sloik at parareal.net (Jaroslaw Sajko)
Subject: Google Talk cleartext credentials in process
	memory

Nasko Oskov wrote:

> If you want to protect the credentials in memory from dumps that go to
> Microsoft, why not use CryptProtectMemory() instead of home-grown
> obfuscation? This function encrypts the memory with a key that changes
> over reboots, so even if you send a dump to MS, they wouldn't know how
> to decrypt it.

Yes, it is possible.

regards,
js