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Donald Kwakkel commented on CMIS-940:
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Is this because they are used for basic authentication?
> Heap Inspection could reveal passwords
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>
> Key: CMIS-940
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CMIS-940
> Project: Chemistry
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: opencmis-client
> Affects Versions: OpenCMIS 0.13.0
> Reporter: Donald Kwakkel
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> Sensitive data (such as passwords, social security numbers, credit card
> numbers etc) stored in memory can be leaked if memory is not cleared after
> use. Often, Strings are used store sensitive data, however, since String
> objects are immutable, removing the value of a String from memory can only be
> done by the JVM garbage collector. The garbage collector is not required to
> run unless the JVM is low on memory, so there is no guarantee as to when
> garbage collection will take place. In the event of an application crash, a
> memory dump of the application might reveal sensitive data.
> src/main/java/org/apache/chemistry/opencmis/workbench/model/ClientSession.java:
> public static SessionParameterMap createSessionParameters(String url,
> BindingType binding, String username,
> String password, Authentication authentication, boolean
> compression, boolean clientCompression,
> boolean cookies) {
>
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