[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: ext3 is insecure if file shredding/wiping?



On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Chip Rose wrote:
> vulnerable to unformat or undelete type operations, because the data was
> "journaled" somewhere.

Nowadays, the only thruly safe delete operation is to command the HD to
low-level secure-erase itself.  Not all disks can do it, either.

Just move all your data to encripted partitions and get done with it.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh



Reply to: