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Category: Programming
Level: Beginner to seasoned
900 pages
ISBN-10 097661322-0
ISBN-13 978-097661322-0
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Listing 6-25 extracted from chapter Security


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This listing can be compiled with the command line:
csc.exe /target:exe Example_6_25.cs
Errors: 0 Warnings: 0


Example_6_25.cs
using System;
using System.Security;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
class Program {
   static void Main() {
      SecureString pwd = new SecureString();
      ConsoleKeyInfo nextKey = Console.ReadKey( true );
      while(nextKey.Key != ConsoleKey.Enter) {
         pwd.AppendChar( nextKey.KeyChar );
         Console.Write( "*" );
         nextKey = Console.ReadKey( true );
      }
      Console.WriteLine();
      pwd.MakeReadOnly();
      IntPtr bstr = Marshal.SecureStringToBSTR(pwd);
      // Get an instance of the Sring class
      // only for the example needs.
      try{     Console.WriteLine( Marshal.PtrToStringAuto(bstr) ); }
      finallyMarshal.ZeroFreeBSTR(bstr); }
   }
}	
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