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On Mon, 3 May 2004 11:41 pm, CRV§ADER//KY wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 27 April 2004 15:50, M. Steffan Noé wrote: |
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> > Hello everybody |
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> > I just saw the comment about THC-SecureDelete on this website |
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> > |
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> > http://www.thc.org/releases.php |
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> > |
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> > > This is the best secure data deletion toolkit! If you overwrite a file |
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> > > for 10+ times, it can still be recovered. Read why and use the programs |
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> > > included (w/src!). These tools can wipe files, free disk space, swap |
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> > > and memory! Changes: Linux LKM for secure file deletion included, small |
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> > > bufixes. |
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> > |
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> > and asked myself if this wouldn't be a good enhancement... inside of the |
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> > linux kernel... |
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> > |
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> > Not only for security. I think if you delete a file with zeros you would |
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> > greatly enhance compression on dd backups. As far as i know the kernel |
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> > just removes the directory entry. |
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> > |
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> > The disadvantage of such a secure deletion would be an impact in |
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> > performance i think... |
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> > |
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> > What do you think about that? |
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> > Steffan Noé |
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> You mean, add a mount option to use wipe instead of standard delete? |
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> Mmmh. That wouldn't be bad to use with your /home partition, in some |
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> situations in which performance is unrelevant when compared to security |
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> (because you'd get an enormous performance leak). |
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> I like it. |
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Is there something wrong with 'chattr +s' ? |
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