emilk / emilk/egui

Consider Separate Password Input

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Description

I'm wondering if other users would find it useful to have a password input widget which returns a https://docs.rs/zeroize/latest/zeroize string. I'm working on an application which would benefit from this at the moment, though admittedly the security concern is somewhat limited. It does follow from guidance here: https://github.com/veorq/cryptocoding?tab=readme-ov-file#clean-memory-of-secret-data

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Research direction

Review the existing password input widget and the linked zeroize and cryptocoding guidance to understand the proposed API and memory-safety requirements. Define what a separate widget returning a zeroize string should guarantee, then document or validate the design with the maintainers before implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
frontend, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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