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Date:      Thu, 20 May 1999 09:59:40 +0400 (MSD)
From:      "Ilmar S. Habibulin" <ilmar@ints.ru>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        posix1e@cyrus.watson.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: secure deletion 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905200957550.18001-100000@ws-ilmar.ints.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199905192041.OAA01463@harmony.village.org>

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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Warner Losh wrote:

> Does it doe the DoD recommended patter of deletion?  That is overwrite
> the blocks with sever different series of bit patterns to make it
> impossible to recover using the usual techniques, or is it just a
> bzero of the blocks in question?  The former is secure deletion, the
> latter is too insecure for most people that want this feature...
Bzero can be changed to some other function, is suppose that this is not a
question. The question is if this thing is needed by comunity.

> P.S.  I do think a port of even the latter would be a good thing.
So you vote for it. ;-)



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