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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:35:33 +0000
From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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Subject: Re: "secure" file flag?
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:31:32PM -0800, Rayson Ho wrote:
> I am wondering if it is useful to have a "secure" file flag??
...
> e.g. when deleting a "secure" file, the OS will overwrite the file with
> random data.

I've got patches somewhere for zeroing out memory mappings in this way, but
they are incomplete. :-(

BMS