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Hiltjo Posthuma a7afade170 clear passwords with explicit_bzero
Make sure to explicitly clear memory that is used for password input. memset
is often optimized out by the compiler.

Brought to attention by the OpenBSD community, see:
https://marc.info/?t=146989502600003&r=1&w=2
Thread subject: x11/slock: clear passwords with explicit_bzero

Changes:

- explicit_bzero.c import from libressl-portable.
- Makefile: add COMPATSRC for compatibility src.
- config.mk: add separate *BSD section in config.mk to simply uncomment it on
  these platforms.
2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
config.def.h Clarify config.def.h 2016-02-14 01:33:18 +01:00
config.mk clear passwords with explicit_bzero 2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
explicit_bzero.c clear passwords with explicit_bzero 2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
LICENSE Update license year 2016-02-11 16:30:52 +01:00
Makefile clear passwords with explicit_bzero 2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
README removed useless chars, prepared release 2008-07-29 19:08:18 +01:00
slock.1 Revert "No need for usage()" 2016-02-15 14:25:17 +01:00
slock.c clear passwords with explicit_bzero 2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00
util.h clear passwords with explicit_bzero 2016-08-13 09:58:00 +02:00

slock - simple screen locker
============================
simple screen locker utility for X. 


Requirements
------------
In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files.


Installation
------------
Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into
the /usr/local namespace by default).

Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock
(if necessary as root):

    make clean install


Running slock
-------------
Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password.