Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] Is crossplatform in-memory file or file descriptor possible ?

2012-04-22 Thread Ivanko B
Because it'll decrypt them to plain files on file system (best is a temporary file ) so that they be used further by SSL services. The idea is to decrypt not to real file system (where thay can be easily stolen by modern malware) but to pseudo (in-memory) files which can't be read & passed to subpr

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] Is crossplatform in-memory file or file descriptor possible ?

2012-04-22 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Sunday 22 April 2012 13:39:32 Ivanko B wrote: > Because it'll decrypt them to plain files on file system (best is a > temporary file ) so that they be used further by SSL services. AFAIK OpenSSL decrypts encrypted private keys directly into the internal data structures without intermedate file

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] Is crossplatform in-memory file or file descriptor possible ?

2012-04-22 Thread Ivanko B
AFAIK OpenSSL decrypts encrypted private keys directly into the internal data structures without intermedate file. = Sure, but not only private keys but some other SSL related files - for instance, local CA files, some sensitive data in certificate files etc. 2012/4/22, Martin Schreiber

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] Is crossplatform in-memory file or file descriptor possible ?

2012-04-22 Thread Martin Schreiber
On Sunday 22 April 2012 23:20:16 Ivanko B wrote: > AFAIK OpenSSL decrypts encrypted private keys directly into the internal > data structures without intermedate file. > = > Sure, but not only private keys but some other SSL related files - for > instance, local CA files, some sensitive dat

Re: [MSEide-MSEgui-talk] Is crossplatform in-memory file or file descriptor possible ?

2012-04-22 Thread Ivanko B
Local CA files etc files planned to be more secure ( additional encryption layer/pass ). 2012/4/23, Martin Schreiber : > On Sunday 22 April 2012 23:20:16 Ivanko B wrote: >> AFAIK OpenSSL decrypts encrypted private keys directly into the internal >> data structures without intermedate file. >>