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Date:      Sat, 22 May 1999 12:14:55 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: secure deletion 
Message-ID:  <199905221814.MAA06767@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 1999 10:01:10 MDT." <3746D4C6.4A284FE0@softweyr.com> 
References:  <3746D4C6.4A284FE0@softweyr.com>  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905221042250.25097-100000@ws-ilmar.ints.ru> <199905220836.CAA02030@harmony.village.org> 

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In message <3746D4C6.4A284FE0@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes:
: If you're really concerned about security, you'll want this on enabled
: on swap spaces, too, just in case sensitive data got swapped to disk.
: You can't avoid having it on disk while the page is active, but certainly
: want it securely erased when the page is no longer in use.

That would also be desirable in some instances.

Warner


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