New version of the PQCrypto.IO wrapper for C#

[MarcinDebicki]

The API has undergone changes – I apologize, but at this stage it was unavoidable.

There is also good news – the API is unlikely to undergo any further major changes.

The new version will allow the use of different versions of native libraries. This will ensure backward compatibility regardless of the new solutions introduced.

The new version introduces significant changes in the security of confidential data storage. All confidential data is stored in an unmanaged memory area, which has been additionally blocked from the swap file mechanism.

In addition, I am enabling global secret memory cleaning, which will protect against memory dumping to disk during system hibernation or simply when it is scheduled to shut down. However, there is no automation here, and I leave the decision on what to do in such a case to the architects and programmers.

Using this feature requires additional settings in the operating system, which I have described on the project website.

Best regards to all, and I wish you good health.
If you have any questions, please contact me.

Marcin