From owner-freebsd-security Sat May 22 11:16:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C185E14E1E for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 11:16:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA74448; Sat, 22 May 1999 12:14:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id MAA06767; Sat, 22 May 1999 12:14:55 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199905221814.MAA06767@harmony.village.org> To: Wes Peters Subject: Re: secure deletion Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 1999 10:01:10 MDT." <3746D4C6.4A284FE0@softweyr.com> References: <3746D4C6.4A284FE0@softweyr.com> <199905220836.CAA02030@harmony.village.org> Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 12:14:55 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message