rustls / rustls/pki-types

Zeroise on drop for types containing private key material

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Rust
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Description

As discussed in https://github.com/rustls/pki-types/pull/79 adding Drop to any type is a breaking change.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with pull request 79, which contains the referenced discussion, and inspect the types containing private key material there. Done means the affected types zeroize on drop without introducing the breaking change described in this issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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