This doesn’t have unsafe blocks and won’t display the password in plaintext:
public static bool IsEqualTo(this SecureString ss1, SecureString ss2)
{
IntPtr bstr1 = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr bstr2 = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
bstr1 = Marshal.SecureStringToBSTR(ss1);
bstr2 = Marshal.SecureStringToBSTR(ss2);
int length1 = Marshal.ReadInt32(bstr1, -4);
int length2 = Marshal.ReadInt32(bstr2, -4);
if (length1 == length2)
{
for (int x = 0; x < length1; ++x)
{
byte b1 = Marshal.ReadByte(bstr1, x);
byte b2 = Marshal.ReadByte(bstr2, x);
if (b1 != b2) return false;
}
}
else return false;
return true;
}
finally
{
if (bstr2 != IntPtr.Zero) Marshal.ZeroFreeBSTR(bstr2);
if (bstr1 != IntPtr.Zero) Marshal.ZeroFreeBSTR(bstr1);
}
}
Edit: Fixed the leak as recommended by Alex J.