/** * Copyright (C) 2011 Whisper Systems * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ package org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util; import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.crypto.MasterSecret; /** * This is not straightforward in Java, but this class makes * a best-effort attempt to clean up memory in immutable objects. * * @author Moxie Marlinspike */ public class MemoryCleaner { // XXX This is basically not happening for now. // The problem is that now secrets are moving // through both Intents and binder calls, which // means sometimes they're shared memory and sometimes // they're not. We're going to need to do a lot more // work in order to accurately keep track of when to // wipe this within an Activity lifecycle. =( public static void clean(MasterSecret masterSecret) { // if (masterSecret == null) // return; // // try { // SecretKeySpec cipherKey = masterSecret.getEncryptionKey(); // SecretKeySpec macKey = masterSecret.getMacKey(); // // Field keyField = SecretKeySpec.class.getDeclaredField("key"); // keyField.setAccessible(true); // // byte[] cipherKeyField = (byte[]) keyField.get(cipherKey); // byte[] macKeyField = (byte[]) keyField.get(macKey); // // Arrays.fill(cipherKeyField, (byte)0x00); // Arrays.fill(macKeyField, (byte)0x00); // // } catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe) { // Log.w("MemoryCleaner", nsfe); // } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // Log.w("MemoryCleaner", e); // } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // Log.w("MemoryCleaner", e); // } } public static void clean(String string) { // if (string == null) // return; // // try { // Field charArrayField = String.class.getDeclaredField("value"); // charArrayField.setAccessible(true); // // char[] internalBuffer = (char[])charArrayField.get(string); // // Arrays.fill(internalBuffer, 'A'); // } catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe) { // Log.w("MemoryCleaner", nsfe); // } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // Log.w("MemoryCleaner", e); // } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // Log.w("MemoryCleaner", e); // } } }