From owner-freebsd-security Fri May 21 23:54:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from ints.ru (ints.ru [194.67.173.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F71D15387 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 23:54:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ilmar@ws-ilmar.ints.ru) Received: from ws-ilmar.ints.ru (ws-ilmar.ints.ru [194.67.173.16]) by ints.ru (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA16847; Sat, 22 May 1999 10:54:08 +0400 (MSD) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ws-ilmar.ints.ru (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA25382; Sat, 22 May 1999 10:54:08 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 10:54:08 +0400 (MSD) From: "Ilmar S. Habibulin" To: James Wyatt Cc: posix1e@cyrus.watson.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: secure deletion In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 21 May 1999, James Wyatt wrote: > > > > My thoughts are about an option in kernel config file (WIPEINFO?) > > > A mount option would be better. > > Why mount option? Secure deletion is a feature of fs and impacts files of > > this on this fs. All of them. So why use mount option? > > I took him to mean that you could have a mount optionto disallow it on a > particular filesystem. (like nosuid, etc..) - Jy@ Ok, i undestand. And about kernel config option to enable wipe feature - we can make this feature be controlable through sysctl interface. Disadvantage - some permanent code (maybe unused at all). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message