Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 16:18:26 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Ilmar S. Habibulin" <ilmar@ints.ru> Cc: posix1e@cyrus.watson.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: secure deletion Message-ID: <4015.927382706@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 May 1999 16:01:45 %2B0400." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905191535110.7728-100000@ws-ilmar.ints.ru>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905191535110.7728-100000@ws-ilmar.ints.ru>, "Ilmar S . Habibulin" writes: > >May be it's an freebsd-fs@ question, but i think that it belings here to. >I heard that some linux fs (maybe extfs2?) have some secure deletion flag, >which being set on inode(file or dir) cause content of this file to be >wiped before deletion, so even if somebody manage to restore file, its >content would be unusable. I think, that it is nice feature, and i would >like to see it in freebsd. What would you say? If somebody decides to implement this in the kernel, please take a look at the VOP_FREEBLKS() interface which is where/how it should be done, if at all. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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