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  2. SERVER-20152

Lock SymmetricKey data pointer to avoid swapping

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    • Type: Icon: Improvement Improvement
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
    • 3.2.0-rc2
    • Affects Version/s: 3.1.7
    • Component/s: Security
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    • Fully Compatible
    • Security 8 08/28/15, Security 9 (09/18/15), Security B 10/30/15

      Use OS specific calls to mlock and Virtuallock to prevent swapping ESE key material to disk.

      The memory will be locked in the SymmetricKey constructor and unlocked in the SymmetricKey destructor.

            Assignee:
            andreas.nilsson Andreas Nilsson
            Reporter:
            andreas.nilsson Andreas Nilsson
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