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| From: | Daniel Lynch <offmore@×××××××××.net> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-security@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-security] Secure deletion of files... | ||
| Date: | Tue, 04 May 2004 00:58:45 | ||
| Message-Id: | 1083631754.7697.10.camel@moreon.martahksa | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-security] Secure deletion of files... by Tarragon Allen |
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| 1 | On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 17:00, Tarragon Allen wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Is there something wrong with 'chattr +s' ? |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Yes, I don't believe the kernel honors that attribute when deleting |
| 7 | files. Unless that's changed since I last heard. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Btw, coreutils comes with the 'shred' utility to secure delete files. So |
| 10 | if you are really paranoid, you could symlink rm to shred or something |
| 11 | (or create an alias in bash). |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | -- |
| 15 | gentoo-security@g.o mailing list |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-security] Secure deletion of files... | Marc Ballarin <Ballarin.Marc@×××.de> |